Skip to main content
CrashStats

Three Rivers road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 350 road traffic collisions in Three Rivers in 1979, and 469 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 108 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 13,304 collisions in Three Rivers.

Collisions in 1979
350
Casualties in 1979
469
Fatal collisions
7
2% of collisions
Serious collisions
108
31% of collisions

Crash severity in Three Rivers in 1979

2% of collisions in Three Rivers in 1979 were fatal and 31% serious, against 1.3% and 19% in Three Rivers from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal72%
  • Serious10831%
  • Slight23567%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal71.5%
  • Serious12326%
  • Slight33972%

Three Rivers road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Three Rivers, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 484 in 1997. 1979 is highlighted, with 350.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025114168
2024104139
2023135179
2022140187
202199128
202095119
2019132195
2018175251
2017202271
2016185275
2015190281
2014199294
2013168235
2012161216
2011229330
2010218299
2009229320
2008268400
2007288435
2006276384
2005327490
2004307466
2003348497
2002355518
2001388550
2000387553
1999418624
1998439653
1997484670
1996445678
1995443699
1994336524
1993361525
1992311452
1991282407
1990332469
1989347461
1988341487
1987319449
1986359472
1985376509
1984369511
1983315416
1982346475
1981328451
1980284382
1979350469

When and where crashes happen in Three Rivers in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (12%)
  • Tuesday48 (14%)
  • Wednesday46 (13%)
  • Thursday55 (16%)
  • Friday70 (20%)
  • Saturday45 (13%)
  • Sunday45 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5931 (8.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (0.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5947 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5942 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5957 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5979 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5937 (11%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5954 (15%)

Collisions by month

  • January28 (8%)
  • February26 (7.4%)
  • March31 (8.9%)
  • April25 (7.1%)
  • May24 (6.9%)
  • June28 (8%)
  • July34 (9.7%)
  • August17 (4.9%)
  • September35 (10%)
  • October35 (10%)
  • November31 (8.9%)
  • December36 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight225 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit97 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds257 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds61 (17%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (4%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry179 (51%)
  • Wet or damp140 (40%)
  • Frost or ice17 (4.9%)
  • Snow14 (4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph190 (54%)
  • 40 mph52 (15%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph37 (11%)
  • 70 mph69 (20%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway267 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway57 (16%)
  • Roundabout18 (5.1%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (2.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Three Rivers in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant263 (56%)
  • Motorcyclist81 (17%)
  • Pedestrian52 (11%)
  • Cyclist34 (7.2%)
  • Van occupant24 (5.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 53 (0.6%)
  • 6 to 1023 (4.9%)
  • 11 to 1532 (6.8%)
  • 16 to 20121 (26%)
  • 21 to 2572 (15%)
  • 26 to 3564 (14%)
  • 36 to 4540 (8.5%)
  • 46 to 5543 (9.2%)
  • 56 to 6541 (8.7%)
  • 66 to 7523 (4.9%)
  • Over 757 (1.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider294 (63%)
  • Passenger123 (26%)
  • Pedestrian52 (11%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car405 (65%)
  • Motorcycle79 (13%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes41 (6.6%)
  • Pedal cycle36 (5.8%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes34 (5.5%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle8 (1.3%)
  • Minibus4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Three Rivers in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Three Rivers

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Three Rivers ranked among 349 areas in 1979

Of the 349 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Three Rivers had fewer road collisions than 285 of them in 1979.

Collisions
286th
of 349 areas, highest first
Casualties
287th
of 349 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
288th
of 349 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
271st
of 349 areas, highest first

Roads in Three Rivers with the most crashes in 1979

The A412 had the most collisions in Three Rivers in 1979: 52, including 19 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Three Rivers, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4125265019
2ndA4053749111
3rdA41223019
4thA404202614
5thA4125203404
6thB4542172206
7thA400881504
8thM15801
9thA41453300
10thA4111100
11thB42521200

Towns in Three Rivers: crashes in 1979

Rickmansworth had the most collisions of any town in Three Rivers in 1979: 61.

Postcode districts in Three Rivers: crashes in 1979

WD3 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Three Rivers in 1979: 148.

Latest crashes in Three Rivers in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Three Rivers in 1979, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Three Rivers road accidents in other years