A118 crash in Redbridge on 24 December 1981 at 16:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A118 in Redbridge at 16:50 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 21-year-old female driver and a 22-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 16:50
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOQKD44
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 118
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 198101LOQKD44 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1981.