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Serious A205 crash in Lewisham on 25 December 1981 at 06:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the A205 in Lewisham at 06:15 on Friday 25 December 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 1981
Friday, 06:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LPGDC79
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
205
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 (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198101LPGDC79 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1981.