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A58 crash in Calderdale on 30 October 1979 at 07:45 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the A58 in Calderdale at 07:45 on Tuesday 30 October 1979. A 17-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 1979
Tuesday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70727, longitude -1.91301, in the HX6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sowerby Bridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913A177779
Council area
Calderdale
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
58
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197913A177779 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 1979.