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B266 crash in Croydon on 23 December 1983 at 11:30 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the B266 in Croydon at 11:30 on Friday 23 December 1983. A 5-year-old male pedestrian and a 65-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1983
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39885, longitude -0.08837, in the SE25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010ZN1004
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
266
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 September 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1983010ZN1004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1983.