Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest on 30 December 1981 at 14:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 14:40 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. The 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 14:40
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUOIX69
Council area: Epping Forest
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: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 29, 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 198101LUOIX69 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1981.