A12 crash in Havering on 24 December 1981 at 14:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Havering at 14:20 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 62-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 53-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 14:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOOED56
Council area: Havering
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 12
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 53, 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 198101LOOED56 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.