Serious C road crash in Croydon on 25 December 1981 at 15:05 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Croydon at 15:05 on Friday 25 December 1981. The 30-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 25 Dec 1981; Friday, 15:05
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LPPBQ01
Council area: Croydon
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow
Carriageway hazards: Other object in carriageway

Vehicles involved (1)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 30, 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 198101LPPBQ01 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1981.