Unclassified road crash in Bexley on 29 December 1981 at 23:40 involving a van

Two vans were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 23:40 on Tuesday 29 December 1981. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1981; Tuesday, 23:40
Vehicles: 2; Van and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LTXIV89
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198101LTXIV89 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.