Serious A23 crash in Lambeth on 26 December 1981 at 19:40 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A23 in Lambeth at 19:40 on Saturday 26 December 1981. A 68-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 26 Dec 1981; Saturday, 19:40
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LQTIC98
Council area: Lambeth
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 23
Road type: Single carriageway
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: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility

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 198101LQTIC98 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1981.