Serious A117 crash in Newham on 20 December 1981 at 17:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A117 in Newham at 17:20 on Sunday 20 December 1981. A 53-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 20 Dec 1981; Sunday, 17:20
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LKRED70
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 117
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198101LKRED70 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1981.