B210 crash in Greenwich on 28 December 1981 at 21:30 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the B210 in Greenwich at 21:30 on Monday 28 December 1981. A 61-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1981; Monday, 21:30
Vehicles: 1; Taxi
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LSVGI64
Council area: Greenwich
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 210
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Taxi
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)
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 198101LSVGI64 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1981.