B210 crash in Greenwich on 30 December 1981 at 22:30 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B210 in Greenwich at 22:30 on Wednesday 30 December 1981. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1981; Wednesday, 22:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and van
Casualties: 6; 6 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LUWGI63
Council area: Greenwich
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 210
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (6)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Male, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 3: Driver
Slight
Male, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 4: Passenger
Slight
Male, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 5: Passenger
Slight
Male, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
Casualty 6: Passenger
Slight
Male, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LUWGI63 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1981.