A302 crash in Westminster on 28 December 1981 at 17:20 involving a car
A car hit two pedestrians on the A302 in Westminster at 17:20 on Monday 28 December 1981. A 24-year-old female pedestrian and a 24-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 1981
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LSREC19
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 302
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 24, 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 198101LSREC19 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1981.