Unclassified road crash in Lewisham on 29 December 1981 at 18:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 18:00 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. A 26-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2, the 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 18:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 3; 3 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTSAU78
Council area: Lewisham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 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
U-turn
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (3)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 22, 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 198101LTSAU78 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1981.