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Fatal B1432 crash in County Durham on 17 January 1983 at 23:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B1432 in County Durham at 23:20 on Monday 17 January 1983. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Jan 1983
Monday, 23:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.78332, longitude -1.35159, in the SR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Easington.

Map of where the crash happened in County Durham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983113BE0049
Council area
County Durham
Police force
Durham

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1432
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1983113BE0049 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the County Durham road accident statistics for 1983.