B165 crash in Newham on 29 December 1979 at 14:35 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B165 in Newham at 14:35 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 69-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 14:35
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTOHJ74
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 165
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 (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
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 197901LTOHJ74 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1979.