A3 crash in Newham on 27 December 1981 at 17:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the A3 in Newham at 17:30 on Sunday 27 December 1981. The 22-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1981; Sunday, 17:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LRRGD70
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 3
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 50 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 (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 22, 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 198101LRRGD70 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1981.