Serious A10 crash in Haringey on 27 December 1981 at 00:35 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in Haringey at 00:35 on Sunday 27 December 1981. A 2-year-old male passenger in vehicle 4 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 27 Dec 1981; Sunday, 00:35
Vehicles: 4; Car and 3 others
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LRAHF18
Council area: Haringey
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 10
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: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (4)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Female
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
44 years
Vehicle 4: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Male, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (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 198101LRAHF18 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1981.