B174 crash in Havering on 24 December 1981 at 10:20 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the B174 in Havering at 10:20 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 10:20
Vehicles: 3; Car and 2 others
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOKEJ58
Council area: Havering
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 174
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: Snow

Vehicles involved (3)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 49, 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 198101LOKEJ58 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1981.