Serious A116 crash in Redbridge on 23 December 1981 at 22:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the A116 in Redbridge at 22:30 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 20-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 22:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNWGD43
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 116
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: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 20, 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 198101LNWGD43 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1981.