A123 crash in Redbridge on 18 December 1981 at 23:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A123 in Redbridge at 23:25 on Friday 18 December 1981. A female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1981; Friday, 23:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LIXFD45
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 123
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, 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 198101LIXFD45 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1981.