Serious A121 crash in Epping Forest on 16 December 1981 at 10:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A121 in Epping Forest at 10:25 on Wednesday 16 December 1981. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 16 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 10:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LGKFF60
Council area: Epping Forest
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 121
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LGKFF60 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1981.