A113 crash in Epping Forest on 26 December 1981 at 21:45 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A113 in Epping Forest at 21:45 on Saturday 26 December 1981. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 1981
- Saturday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LQVJF69
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 113
- 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 (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LQVJF69 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1981.