C road crash in Camden on 29 December 1981 at 02:15 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Camden at 02:15 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. An 18-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 02:15
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTCDO22
Council area: Camden
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 18, 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 198101LTCDO22 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1981.