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Serious unclassified road crash in Caerphilly NP24 on 5 July 1997 at 18:35 involving a Daihatsu Sportrak

A Daihatsu Sportrak hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 18:35 on Saturday 5 July 1997. A 7-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jul 1997
Saturday, 18:35
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Sportrak
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72133, longitude -3.24046, in the NP24 postcode district and within the built-up area of New Tredegar.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997610079697
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Sportrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Sportrak)

    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 1997610079697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 1997.