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Fatal A4174 crash in Bristol on 2 January 1990 at 20:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A4174 in Bristol at 20:55 on Tuesday 2 January 1990. A 9-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Jan 1990
Tuesday, 20:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4259, longitude -2.57196, in the BS4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bristol.

Map of where the crash happened in Bristol

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199052BR00001
Council area
Bristol
Police force
Avon and Somerset

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4174
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

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

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 199052BR00001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bristol road accident statistics for 1990.