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Serious C road crash in Stratford-on-Avon CV47 on 4 February 1998 at 08:31 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van hit a pedestrian on a C road in Stratford-on-Avon at 08:31 on Wednesday 4 February 1998. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Feb 1998
Wednesday, 08:31
Vehicles
1
Bedford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.25651, longitude -1.39447, in the CV47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southam.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998239800231
Council area
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Bedford)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1998239800231 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stratford-on-Avon road accident statistics for 1998.