A2 crash in Bexley on 29 December 1981 at 17:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 17:45 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTRJD85
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 2
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
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
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 48, 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 198101LTRJD85 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1981.