C road crash in Westminster on 29 December 1981 at 19:05 involving a taxi
A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 19:05 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 24-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1981
- Tuesday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LTTBO14
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LTTBO14 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.