Serious C road crash in Hackney on 23 December 1981 at 23:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Hackney at 23:20 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 23 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 23:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LNXEO48
Council area: Hackney
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 19, 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 198101LNXEO48 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1981.