A210 crash in Bexley on 23 December 1981 at 17:50 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A210 in Bexley at 17:50 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. A 17-year-old male passenger in the lorry was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 17:50
Vehicles: 2; Lorry and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNRKD86
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 210
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 17, 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 198101LNRKD86 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.