A503 crash in Islington on 31 December 1981 at 09:25 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A503 in Islington at 09:25 on Thursday 31 December 1981. A 65-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 09:25
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVJFC37
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 503
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198101LVJFC37 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.