A202 crash in Southwark on 29 December 1981 at 16:55 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A202 in Southwark at 16:55 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. A 25-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 and the 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles: 4; Car and 3 others
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTQLC86
Council area: Southwark
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 202
Speed limit: 30 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 (4)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 4: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 198101LTQLC86 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1981.