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A219 crash in Merton on 23 December 1981 at 20:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A219 in Merton at 20:10 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1981
Wednesday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LNUCE23
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
219
Road type
One way street or slip road
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: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, 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 198101LNUCE23 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1981.