Unclassified road crash in Newham on 21 December 1981 at 08:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newham at 08:30 on Monday 21 December 1981. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1981; Monday, 08:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LLIGV70
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 28, 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 198101LLIGV70 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1981.