Unclassified road crash in Havering on 24 December 1981 at 21:40 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Havering at 21:40 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 16-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 21:40
Vehicles: 3; Car and 2 others
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOVIV56
Council area: Havering
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Dual carriageway
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: Snow

Vehicles involved (3)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 198101LOVIV56 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.