A102(M) crash in Tower Hamlets on 29 December 1981 at 22:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A102(M) in Tower Hamlets at 22:05 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The male driver of vehicle 1, a 16-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1981
- Tuesday, 22:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LTWB650
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 102
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198101LTWB650 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1981.