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A6 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 18 January 1990 at 09:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire at 09:00 on Thursday 18 January 1990. A 24-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 1990
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13204, longitude -0.46741, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904000B0073
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 17 March 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 19904000B0073 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 1990.