A2214 crash in Southwark on 23 December 1981 at 19:30 involving a car

Two cars and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A2214 in Southwark at 19:30 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 22-year-old male cyclist 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, 19:30
Vehicles: 3; Car and 2 others
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNTGC87
Council area: Southwark
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 2214
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 (3)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 22, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

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 198101LNTGC87 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1981.