A1178 crash in Hertsmere on 22 May 1981 at 10:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the A1178 in Hertsmere at 10:00 on Friday 22 May 1981. An 18-year-old female passenger and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 May 1981; Friday, 10:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101EMKAF32
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1178
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Rear seat passenger

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 198101EMKAF32 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1981.