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Serious unclassified road crash in Lewisham SE4 on 19 August 1982 at 14:14 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 14:14 on Thursday 19 August 1982. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 4-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Aug 1982
Thursday, 14:14
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4681, longitude -0.03984, in the SE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010PL0420
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1982010PL0420 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 1982.