Serious unclassified road crash in Bexley on 23 December 1981 at 15:20 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Bexley at 15:20 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. A 32-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 15:20
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNPEV81
Council area: Bexley
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 (1)

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

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 33, 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 198101LNPEV81 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1981.