Serious A2217 crash in Lambeth on 30 December 1981 at 19:35 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the A2217 in Lambeth at 19:35 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 19:35
Vehicles: 1; Lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUTHC90
Council area: Lambeth
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 2217
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Pedestrian location
In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 198101LUTHC90 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.