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Fatal unclassified road crash in Redcar and Cleveland TS6 on 8 October 1979 at 18:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Redcar and Cleveland at 18:00 on Monday 8 October 1979. A 3-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Oct 1979
Monday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.57915, longitude -1.14984, in the TS6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eston.

Map of where the crash happened in Redcar and Cleveland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197917F101300
Council area
Redcar and Cleveland
Police force
Cleveland

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 197917F101300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redcar and Cleveland road accident statistics for 1979.