Unclassified road crash in Lambeth on 23 December 1981 at 19:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lambeth at 19:35 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. A 20-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 19:35
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNTHU92
Council area: Lambeth
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 198101LNTHU92 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1981.