Serious A5 crash in Hertsmere on 24 December 1981 at 19:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the A5 in Hertsmere at 19:35 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 18-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 19:35
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOTHF31
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 5
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
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 18, 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 198101LOTHF31 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1981.