A41 crash in Camden on 20 December 1981 at 15:30 involving a car
Two cars and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A41 in Camden at 15:30 on Sunday 20 December 1981. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 25-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 1981
- Sunday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LKPGC26
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 3: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, 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 198101LKPGC26 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1981.