A21 crash in Lewisham on 31 December 1981 at 19:00 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the A21 in Lewisham at 19:00 on Thursday 31 December 1981. A 35-year-old male pedestrian and a 42-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 19:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVTAC75
Council area: Lewisham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 21
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Moving off
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian movement
In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198101LVTAC75 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1981.