A24 crash in Merton on 17 December 1981 at 07:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A24 in Merton at 07:20 on Thursday 17 December 1981. A 75-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 17 Dec 1981; Thursday, 07:20
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LHHEE27
Council area: Merton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 24
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 75, 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 198101LHHEE27 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1981.