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Serious unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG2 on 20 May 1996 at 18:10 involving a Lada Riva

A Lada Riva hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 18:10 on Monday 20 May 1996. A 13-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 May 1996
Monday, 18:10
Vehicles
1
Lada Riva
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89634, longitude -0.15817, in the SG2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100E0094
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lada Riva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,452 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)

    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 19964100E0094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 1996.