Serious A1 crash in Islington on 31 December 1981 at 11:15 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A1 in Islington at 11:15 on Thursday 31 December 1981. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Serious
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 11:15
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVLDC33
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
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 198101LVLDC33 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.