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Serious unclassified road crash in South Gloucestershire BS37 on 19 February 1996 at 08:44 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Gloucestershire at 08:44 on Monday 19 February 1996. A 3-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Feb 1996
Monday, 08:44
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53831, longitude -2.39227, in the BS37 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chipping Sodbury.

Map of where the crash happened in South Gloucestershire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19965296E0637
Council area
South Gloucestershire
Police force
Avon and Somerset

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
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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation
    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 19965296E0637 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Gloucestershire road accident statistics for 1996.