B273 crash in Croydon on 24 December 1981 at 09:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B273 in Croydon at 09:45 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 09:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOJJK06
Council area: Croydon
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 273
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 25, 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 198101LOJJK06 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1981.