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A3 crash in Lambeth on 24 December 1981 at 00:30 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A3 in Lambeth at 00:30 on Thursday 24 December 1981. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1981
Thursday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LOAGC98
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LOAGC98 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.