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Serious unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG2 on 30 November 1996 at 16:20 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 16:20 on Saturday 30 November 1996. A 74-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Nov 1996
Saturday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88147, longitude -0.17883, in the SG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964100E0221
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19964100E0221 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.