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Unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG1 on 31 December 2013 at 17:30 involving a taxi

A taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 17:30 on Tuesday 31 December 2013. All four casualties were slightly injured. Two of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2013
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92397, longitude -0.18566, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Martins Wood, Stevenage, SG1 5NR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20134100E0554
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 20134100E0554 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2013.