A13 crash in Newham on 21 December 1981 at 19:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the A13 in Newham at 19:40 on Monday 21 December 1981. The 44-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1981; Monday, 19:40
Vehicles: 2; Lorry and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LLTID78
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 13
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 50 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 198101LLTID78 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.