Unclassified road crash in Brent on 25 December 1981 at 23:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Brent at 23:15 on Friday 25 December 1981. A 57-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1981; Friday, 23:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LPXDW87
Council area: Brent
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Fog or mist
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LPXDW87 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 1981.