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Fatal B4447 crash in Windsor and Maidenhead on 20 December 1979 at 17:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B4447 in Windsor and Maidenhead at 17:55 on Thursday 20 December 1979. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Dec 1979
Thursday, 17:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55457, longitude -0.72115, in the SL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cookham.

Map of where the crash happened in Windsor and Maidenhead

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943C103129
Council area
Windsor and Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4447
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 197943C103129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Windsor and Maidenhead road accident statistics for 1979.