M11 crash in Epping Forest on 18 December 1981 at 18:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the M11 in Epping Forest at 18:20 on Friday 18 December 1981. The 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 1981
- Friday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LISE368
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, 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 198101LISE368 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.