Unclassified road crash in Westminster on 28 December 1980 at 19:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Westminster at 19:30 on Sunday 28 December 1980. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1980; Sunday, 19:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198001LSTGU16
Council area: Westminster
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility

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 198001LSTGU16 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 1980.