A1 crash in Islington on 18 December 1981 at 02:30 involving a taxi
A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in Islington at 02:30 on Friday 18 December 1981. A 30-year-old female passenger in the car and a 25-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 1981
- Friday, 02:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LICGC30
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
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 198101LICGC30 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.