A40(M) crash in Westminster on 29 December 1981 at 13:00 involving a car
A car crashed on the A40(M) in Westminster at 13:00 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 43-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1981
- Tuesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LTNA617
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, 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 198101LTNA617 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1981.