Serious A2217 crash in Lambeth on 29 December 1979 at 15:50 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A2217 in Lambeth at 15:50 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 72-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 15:50
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTPKC97
Council area: Lambeth
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 2217
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

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
Serious
Female, aged 72, 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 197901LTPKC97 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.