A219 crash in Merton on 21 December 1981 at 11:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A219 in Merton at 11:00 on Monday 21 December 1981. A 67-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1981; Monday, 11:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LLLAE22
Council area: Merton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 219
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: Daylight
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 67, 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 198101LLLAE22 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.