Serious A211 crash in Bexley on 24 December 1981 at 00:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A211 in Bexley at 00:50 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Dec 1981
- Thursday, 00:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LOAKD85
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 211
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LOAKD85 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1981.