A21 crash in Lewisham on 27 December 1981 at 00:05 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A21 in Lewisham at 00:05 on Sunday 27 December 1981. A 26-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1981; Sunday, 00:05
Vehicles: 3; Car and 2 others
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LRABC72
Council area: Lewisham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 21
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (3)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198101LRABC72 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1981.