Unclassified road crash in Merton on 29 December 1981 at 18:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merton at 18:20 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 43-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 18:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTSEW22
Council area: Merton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

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
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, 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 198101LTSEW22 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1981.