Serious A244 crash in Elmbridge on 21 December 1979 at 20:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A244 in Elmbridge at 20:20 on Friday 21 December 1979. A 26-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 21 Dec 1979; Friday, 20:20
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LLUEF98
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 244
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 26, 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 197901LLUEF98 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1979.