Unclassified road crash in Elmbridge on 18 December 1981 at 19:25 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Elmbridge at 19:25 on Friday 18 December 1981. A 20-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a road with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1981; Friday, 19:25
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LITFX91
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 50 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 198101LITFX91 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1981.