M1 crash in Barnet on 27 December 1981 at 09:20 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the M1 in Barnet at 09:20 on Sunday 27 December 1981. A 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and the 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 1981
- Sunday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LRJE308
- Council area
- Barnet
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, 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 198101LRJE308 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1981.