C road crash in Spelthorne on 9 December 1981 at 22:45 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Spelthorne at 22:45 on Wednesday 9 December 1981. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 9 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 22:45
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101L9WJS00
Council area: Spelthorne
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fog or mist
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 20, 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 198101L9WJS00 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 1981.