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Serious A110 crash in Enfield on 24 December 1981 at 17:20 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A110 in Enfield at 17:20 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 31-year-old male driver of the van and a 26-year-old female passenger in the van were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Dec 1981
Thursday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LOREF29
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
110
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198101LOREF29 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1981.