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Unclassified road crash in Southwark SE17 on 15 September 1983 at 15:40 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southwark at 15:40 on Thursday 15 September 1983. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Sep 1983
Thursday, 15:40
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49057, longitude -0.08771, in the SE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010MS0327
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 1983010MS0327 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1983.