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B1040 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 20 September 1979 at 09:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire at 09:20 on Thursday 20 September 1979. A 78-year-old male 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
20 Sep 1979
Thursday, 09:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13022, longitude -0.21034, in the SG19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Potton.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19794000D1941
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1040
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 19794000D1941 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 1979.