A137 crash in Tendring on 26 December 1982 at 11:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A137 in Tendring at 11:45 on Sunday 26 December 1982. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 1982; Sunday, 11:45
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1982420051001
Council area: Tendring
Police force: Essex

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 137
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 70 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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
80 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, not crossing
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 1982420051001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1982.