A204 crash in Lambeth on 28 December 1979 at 16:00 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A204 in Lambeth at 16:00 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1979; Friday, 16:00
Vehicles: 2; Taxi and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LSQAC91
Council area: Lambeth
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 204
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Other junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Taxi
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 18, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 197901LSQAC91 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1979.