A1000 crash in Hertsmere on 21 December 1981 at 07:25 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A1000 in Hertsmere at 07:25 on Monday 21 December 1981. The 36-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a road with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1981; Monday, 07:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and other vehicle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LLHFF37
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1000
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 36, 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 198101LLHFF37 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1981.