A5 crash in Hertsmere on 24 December 1981 at 22:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A5 in Hertsmere at 22:50 on Thursday 24 December 1981. The 27-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1981; Thursday, 22:50
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LOWKF37
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 5
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 27, 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 198101LOWKF37 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.