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C road crash in Sutton on 27 December 1981 at 10:35 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Sutton at 10:35 on Sunday 27 December 1981. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1981
Sunday, 10:35
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LRKHQ19
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198101LRKHQ19 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1981.