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Serious A6181 crash in Bradford on 30 July 1983 at 14:05 involving a van

A van hit two pedestrians on the A6181 in Bradford at 14:05 on Saturday 30 July 1983. A 14-year-old male pedestrian and a 14-year-old male pedestrian were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jul 1983
Saturday, 14:05
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.79485, longitude -1.75055, in the BD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198313D015283
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6181
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

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

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    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 198313D015283 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 1983.