Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK40 on 10 May 1993 at 15:55 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bedford at 15:55 on Monday 10 May 1993. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 1993
- Monday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13724, longitude -0.45262, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19934000B0543
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- 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 19934000B0543 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bedford road accident statistics for 1993.