Serious C road crash in Croydon on 29 December 1980 at 18:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Croydon at 18:20 on Monday 29 December 1980. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 29 Dec 1980; Monday, 18:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198001LTSEQ09
Council area: Croydon
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 19, 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 198001LTSEQ09 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1980.