A40(M) crash in Westminster on 27 December 1981 at 16:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A40(M) in Westminster at 16:10 on Sunday 27 December 1981. The 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 1981
- Sunday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LRQC614
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, 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 198101LRQC614 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1981.