A406 crash in Enfield on 31 December 1981 at 23:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 23:00 on Thursday 31 December 1981. The 53-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1981; Thursday, 23:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198101LVXAF26
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: 40 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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 53, 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 198101LVXAF26 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.