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Fatal A312 crash in Harrow on 27 July 1988 at 14:02 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A312 in Harrow at 14:02 on Wednesday 27 July 1988. A 73-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Jul 1988
Wednesday, 14:02
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56879, longitude -0.34776, in the HA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198801QA00540
Council area
Harrow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
312
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 198801QA00540 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 1988.