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Unclassified road crash in Lewisham SE13 on 2 August 1985 at 17:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 17:30 on Friday 2 August 1985. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Aug 1985
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46181, longitude -0.01319, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501PL00412
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 198501PL00412 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 1985.