C road crash in Broadland on 20 December 1982 at 14:40 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on a C road in Broadland at 14:40 on Monday 20 December 1982. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1982; Monday, 14:40
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1982360011983
Council area: Broadland
Police force: Norfolk

Road and location details

First road class: C
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 with high winds
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
35 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1982360011983 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broadland road accident statistics for 1982.