A12 crash in Havering on 27 December 1981 at 03:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Havering at 03:05 on Sunday 27 December 1981. A 3-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1981; Sunday, 03:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LRDBD52
Council area: Havering
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 12
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198101LRDBD52 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1981.