Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere on 22 December 1981 at 18:40 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 18:40 on Tuesday 22 December 1981. The 24-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 1981
- Tuesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LMSIX31
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, 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 198101LMSIX31 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.