Serious unclassified road crash in Islington on 21 December 1981 at 01:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Islington at 01:45 on Monday 21 December 1981. A female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 1981
- Monday, 01:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LLBJU38
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, 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 198101LLBJU38 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1981.