A1206 crash in Tower Hamlets on 23 December 1981 at 10:35 involving a lorry
A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets at 10:35 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. A 46-year-old male passenger in the van and the 41-year-old male driver of the lorry were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 1981
- Wednesday, 10:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LNKHC51
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1206
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
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 198101LNKHC51 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1981.