Serious A501 crash in the City of London on 1 September 1992 at 23:15 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A501 in the City of London at 23:15 on Tuesday 1 September 1992. A male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Sep 1992
- Tuesday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51061, longitude -0.08687, in the EC4R postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201CP00173
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 501
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2013.
Slight
Bus crash on the A501 in the City of London, 4 November 2013
At the same spotRef 201301CP00302
Slight
Mercedes V Class crash on the A3 in the City of London, 12 July 2025
4 m awayRef 2025481701451
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in the City of London, 3 April 1984
10 m awayRef 198448P511484
Slight
Audi A3 crash on a C road in the City of London, 15 August 2010
10 m awayRef 201001CP00247
Slight
Kawasaki crash on a C road in the City of London, 15 August 2010
10 m awayRef 201001CP00249
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A501 in the City of London, 25 July 2001
10 m awayRef 200101CP00259
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- On refuge, central island or central reservation
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 199201CP00173 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 1992.