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Fatal A118 crash in Havering on 7 December 1990 at 23:15 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi hit a pedestrian on the A118 in Havering at 23:15 on Friday 7 December 1990. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
7 Dec 1990
Friday, 23:15
Vehicles
1
Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57418, longitude 0.16677, in the RM7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199001KD01239
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
118
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

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

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 199001KD01239 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1990.