Serious A3212 crash in Westminster on 31 December 1979 at 11:15 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A3212 in Westminster at 11:15 on Monday 31 December 1979. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 31 Dec 1979; Monday, 11:15
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LVLDC16
Council area: Westminster
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 3212
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: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
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 197901LVLDC16 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1979.