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Fatal unclassified road crash in Bradford BD2 on 19 October 1982 at 20:35 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bradford at 20:35 on Tuesday 19 October 1982. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Oct 1982
Tuesday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.82278, longitude -1.73914, in the BD2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198213C047282
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 9, 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 198213C047282 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1982.