A1020 crash in Newham on 23 December 1981 at 12:50 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A1020 in Newham at 12:50 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. A male pedestrian hit by the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 12:50
Vehicles: 2; Van and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNMKD70
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1020
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
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 198101LNMKD70 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.