A411 crash in Hertsmere on 16 December 1981 at 20:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A411 in Hertsmere at 20:35 on Wednesday 16 December 1981. The 60-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 1981
- Wednesday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LGUHF35
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 411
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, 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 198101LGUHF35 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.