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Fatal unclassified road crash in Lambeth SW9 on 30 December 1997 at 21:37 involving a Honda Prelude

A Honda Prelude hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Lambeth at 21:37 on Tuesday 30 December 1997. An 18-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, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 21:37
Vehicles
1
Honda Prelude
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47235, longitude -0.11208, in the SW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701LD00578
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,824 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Prelude)

    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 199701LD00578 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 1997.