B278 crash in Sutton on 20 December 1981 at 00:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the B278 in Sutton at 00:55 on Sunday 20 December 1981. A 23-year-old female passenger and the 24-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Dec 1981; Sunday, 00:55
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LKALK17
Council area: Sutton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 278
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

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

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 24, 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 198101LKALK17 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1981.