C road crash in Bexley on 26 December 1981 at 17:00 involving a van

A van crashed on a C road in Bexley at 17:00 on Saturday 26 December 1981. The 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 26 Dec 1981; Saturday, 17:00
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LQRAP80
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198101LQRAP80 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1981.