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Serious A4090 crash in Harrow on 20 November 1998 at 19:47 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus hit a pedestrian on the A4090 in Harrow at 19:47 on Friday 20 November 1998. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Nov 1998
Friday, 19:47
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56983, longitude -0.37038, in the HA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801QA00781
Council area
Harrow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4090
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 9 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    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 199801QA00781 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 1998.