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Fatal unclassified road crash in Calderdale HX3 on 23 December 2015 at 10:29

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Calderdale at 10:29 on Wednesday 23 December 2015. A 59-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Dec 2015
Wednesday, 10:29
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.70631, longitude -1.85841, in the HX3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halifax. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salterhebble, Southowram & Skircoat Green, Calderdale, HX3 0QT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Calderdale

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015132CN0396
Council area
Calderdale
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

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

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2015132CN0396 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Calderdale road accident statistics for 2015.