A107 crash in Tower Hamlets on 24 December 1981 at 22:25 involving a car
Two cars and a van were involved in a crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets at 22:25 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, a 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 26-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 1981
- Thursday, 22:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LOWFC52
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 107
- 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 (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, 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 198101LOWFC52 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1981.