Serious A406 crash in Enfield on 31 December 1981 at 15:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 15:05 on Thursday 31 December 1981. The 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 15:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVPBF20
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 406
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
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
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 38, 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 198101LVPBF20 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1981.