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Unclassified road crash in Tamworth B79 on 30 July 1998 at 13:50 involving an Opel Manta

An Opel Manta hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Tamworth at 13:50 on Thursday 30 July 1998. A 54-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jul 1998
Thursday, 13:50
Vehicles
1
Opel Manta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63318, longitude -1.69307, in the B79 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tamworth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998218817812
Council area
Tamworth
Police force
Staffordshire
Highway authority
Staffordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Manta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Opel Manta)

    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 1998218817812 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tamworth road accident statistics for 1998.