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Unclassified road crash in South Oxfordshire OX49 on 7 April 1979 at 16:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Oxfordshire at 16:55 on Saturday 7 April 1979. A 3-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Apr 1979
Saturday, 16:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64563, longitude -1.00606, in the OX49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watlington.

Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943A018049
Council area
South Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 September 2009.

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
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, 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 197943A018049 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 1979.