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Serious C road crash in Lambeth SW16 on 7 February 1985 at 16:45 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on a C road in Lambeth at 16:45 on Thursday 7 February 1985. A 21-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Feb 1985
Thursday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42859, longitude -0.11979, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501LS00062
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, 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 198501LS00062 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1985.