C road crash in Epping Forest on 21 December 1979 at 09:15 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Epping Forest at 09:15 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 26-year-old female driver of the van and the 17-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 1979
- Friday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LLJDR69
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197901LLJDR69 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1979.