A1206 crash in Tower Hamlets on 21 December 1979 at 15:40 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets at 15:40 on Friday 21 December 1979. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1979; Friday, 15:40
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LLPIC53
Council area: Tower Hamlets
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1206
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), 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 197901LLPIC53 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1979.