Serious unclassified road crash in Luton LU3 on 2 November 1984 at 21:55 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Luton at 21:55 on Friday 2 November 1984. A 49-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Nov 1984
- Friday, 21:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91162, longitude -0.45748, in the LU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19844000C1663
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
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
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 49, 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 19844000C1663 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 1984.