B165 crash in Newham on 31 December 1981 at 14:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B165 in Newham at 14:45 on Thursday 31 December 1981. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 14:45
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVOJJ71
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 165
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

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
18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198101LVOJJ71 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1981.