Unclassified road crash in Sutton on 24 December 1981 at 13:40 involving a lorry
A lorry and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sutton at 13:40 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 61-year-old male driver of the lorry, the 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and the 57-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 1981
- Thursday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Lorry and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LONIW17
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, 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 198101LONIW17 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1981.