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A217 crash in Sutton on 27 December 1981 at 13:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A217 in Sutton at 13:00 on Sunday 27 December 1981. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a 48-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1981
Sunday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198101LRNAE10
Council area
Sutton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
217
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, 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 198101LRNAE10 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.