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Serious unclassified road crash in Bromley on 29 December 1979 at 23:20 involving a car

A car hit three pedestrians on an unclassified road in Bromley at 23:20 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 7-year-old male pedestrian and a 17-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1979
Saturday, 23:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LTXEV98
Council area
Bromley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 197901LTXEV98 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bromley road accident statistics for 1979.