A11 crash in Newham on 24 December 1980 at 06:15 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A11 in Newham at 06:15 on Wednesday 24 December 1980. The 49-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1980; Wednesday, 06:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198001LOGDD75
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 11
Road type: One way street or slip road
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198001LOGDD75 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1980.