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Unclassified road crash in Central Bedfordshire LU7 on 18 December 1998 at 00:00 involving a Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire at 00:00 on Friday 18 December 1998. A 61-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1998
Friday, 00:00
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FA 55
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91721, longitude -0.66478, in the LU7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leighton Buzzard.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998400D06171
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 55

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 55)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1998400D06171 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 1998.