A406 crash in Redbridge on 29 December 1981 at 11:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A406 in Redbridge at 11:30 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 61-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 11:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTLGD41
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 406
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 61, 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 198101LTLGD41 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1981.