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Serious A442 crash in Worcester on 3 November 1979 at 11:35 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A442 in Worcester at 11:35 on Saturday 3 November 1979. A 77-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Nov 1979
Saturday, 11:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18302, longitude -2.18614, in the WR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worcester.

Map of where the crash happened in Worcester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220311007
Council area
Worcester
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
442
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 February 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

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

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 1979220311007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Worcester road accident statistics for 1979.