A219 crash in Merton on 21 December 1979 at 14:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A219 in Merton at 14:35 on Friday 21 December 1979. A male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1979; Friday, 14:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LLOHE24
Council area: Merton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 219
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Moving off
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 197901LLOHE24 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1979.