B377 crash in Spelthorne on 19 December 1981 at 03:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B377 in Spelthorne at 03:35 on Saturday 19 December 1981. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 19 Dec 1981; Saturday, 03:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LJDHM01
Council area: Spelthorne
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 377
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 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: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 23, 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 198101LJDHM01 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 1981.