A201 crash in Islington on 22 December 1981 at 22:05 involving a car

A car crashed on the A201 in Islington at 22:05 on Tuesday 22 December 1981. The 51-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 22:05
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LMWBC35
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 201
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 51, 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 198101LMWBC35 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.