Serious A10 crash in Broxbourne on 19 December 1981 at 17:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in Broxbourne at 17:10 on Saturday 19 December 1981. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Dec 1981
- Saturday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LJRCF54
- Council area
- Broxbourne
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 10
- 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
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LJRCF54 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1981.