Unclassified road crash in Hackney on 26 December 1981 at 07:20 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hackney at 07:20 on Saturday 26 December 1981. A male passenger in the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 1981
- Saturday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LQHEU43
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LQHEU43 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1981.