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A657 crash in Bradford on 17 January 1979 at 13:13 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A657 in Bradford at 13:13 on Wednesday 17 January 1979. A 24-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1979
Wednesday, 13:13
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.83497, longitude -1.76535, in the BD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shipley.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197913B007379
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
657
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 197913B007379 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1979.