A118 crash in Havering on 28 December 1981 at 14:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A118 in Havering at 14:25 on Monday 28 December 1981. A 6-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1981; Monday, 14:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LSOFD59
Council area: Havering
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 118
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
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
18 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Rear seat passenger

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 198101LSOFD59 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1981.