A12 crash in Redbridge on 19 December 1981 at 05:45 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A12 in Redbridge at 05:45 on Saturday 19 December 1981. A female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 19 Dec 1981; Saturday, 05:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LJFJD42
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 12
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 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: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

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 198101LJFJD42 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.