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Serious C road crash in Watford WD17 on 19 January 1996 at 13:10 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno hit a pedestrian on a C road in Watford at 13:10 on Friday 19 January 1996. A 27-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jan 1996
Friday, 13:10
Vehicles
1
Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65841, longitude -0.39699, in the WD17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100C0046
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 16 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 19964100C0046 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 1996.