A1 crash in Islington on 18 December 1981 at 20:00

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A1 in Islington at 20:00 on Friday 18 December 1981. A 60-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1981; Friday, 20:00
Vehicles: 1; Other vehicle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LIUAC33
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
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 198101LIUAC33 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.