Serious A1004 crash in Enfield on 25 December 1981 at 01:55

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A1004 in Enfield at 01:55 on Friday 25 December 1981. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 25 Dec 1981; Friday, 01:55
Vehicles: 1; Other vehicle
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LPBLF25
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1004
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
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 198101LPBLF25 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1981.