A1210 crash in the City of London on 18 April 1983 at 17:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1210 in the City of London at 17:00 on Monday 18 April 1983. The 25-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 1983
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50806, longitude -0.074, in the E1W postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of London
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198348P613983
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1210
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2025.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1204 in Tower Hamlets, 6 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010608018
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A100 in Tower Hamlets, 20 March 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010861977
Slight
Volvo crash on the A100 in the City of London, 11 April 1995
10 m awayRef 199501CP00053
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A100 in the City of London, 19 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200301HT00710
Slight
Van crash on the A1210 in the City of London, 16 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198448P601384
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1204 in Tower Hamlets, 7 October 1998
10 m awayRef 199801HT00562
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, 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 198348P613983 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 1983.