A1178 crash in Hertsmere on 20 September 1979 at 05:25 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A1178 in Hertsmere at 05:25 on Thursday 20 September 1979. The 30-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 20 Sep 1979; Thursday, 05:25
Vehicles: 1; Lorry
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901IKFFF30
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1178
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Towing and articulation
Articulated vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 197901IKFFF30 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1979.