Serious A121 crash in Broxbourne on 27 December 1981 at 12:30 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A121 in Broxbourne at 12:30 on Sunday 27 December 1981. The female driver of the car was seriously injured and a 10-year-old female passenger in the car and a 7-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 27 Dec 1981; Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles: 2; Van and car
Casualties: 3; 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LRMGF54
Council area: Broxbourne
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 121
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Female

Casualties (3)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
Serious
Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LRMGF54 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1981.