A1 crash in Islington on 24 December 1981 at 17:30 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A1 in Islington at 17:30 on Thursday 24 December 1981. A 22-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LORGC34
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
Pedestrian location
Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
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 198101LORGC34 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.