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C road crash in Wiltshire BA14 on 5 December 1986 at 16:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in Wiltshire at 16:30 on Friday 5 December 1986. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was slightly 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
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1986
Friday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31886, longitude -2.20099, in the BA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Trowbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Wiltshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198654CT04396
Council area
Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire

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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 198654CT04396 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wiltshire road accident statistics for 1986.