Fatal A1201 crash in Haringey on 24 December 1981 at 15:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A1201 in Haringey at 15:00 on Thursday 24 December 1981. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity: Fatal
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 15:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 killed

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOPAF13
Council area: Haringey
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1201
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
Female
Driver age
59 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Fatal
Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198101LOPAF13 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1981.