Fatal A107 crash in Hackney on 25 December 1979 at 14:50 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A107 in Hackney at 14:50 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 74-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Fatal
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 14:50
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 killed

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPOKC44
Council area: Hackney
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 107
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Fatal
Male, aged 74, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
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 197901LPOKC44 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1979.