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Serious unclassified road crash in Caerphilly NP12 on 9 January 1990 at 18:10 involving a Talbot Horizon

A Talbot Horizon hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 18:10 on Tuesday 9 January 1990. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1990
Tuesday, 18:10
Vehicles
1
Talbot Horizon
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67665, longitude -3.17864, in the NP12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oakdale.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199061C010900
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Horizon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,442 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Talbot Horizon)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing 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 199061C010900 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 1990.