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A650 crash in Bradford on 24 October 1997 at 15:40 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina hit a pedestrian on the A650 in Bradford at 15:40 on Friday 24 October 1997. A 29-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1997
Friday, 15:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.7943, longitude -1.74296, in the BD1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bradford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bradford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199713GA31997
Council area
Bradford
Police force
West Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
650
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    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 199713GA31997 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bradford road accident statistics for 1997.