A205 crash in Greenwich on 23 December 1981 at 15:35 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A205 in Greenwich at 15:35 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 15:35
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNPHC61
Council area: Greenwich
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 205
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198101LNPHC61 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1981.