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A502 crash in Camden on 21 December 1998 at 23:50 involving an Opel

An Opel hit a pedestrian on the A502 in Camden at 23:50 on Monday 21 December 1998. A 60-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1998
Monday, 23:50
Vehicles
1
Opel
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5472, longitude -0.15932, in the NW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801EH00415
Council area
Camden
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
502
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Opel)

    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 199801EH00415 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1998.