A10 crash in Enfield on 27 December 1981 at 21:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in Enfield at 21:50 on Sunday 27 December 1981. A 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1981; Sunday, 21:50
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LRVKF25
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 10
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 27, 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 198101LRVKF25 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1981.