A121 crash in Epping Forest on 21 December 1979 at 16:20 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the A121 in Epping Forest at 16:20 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 1979
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LLQEF64
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 121
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 197901LLQEF64 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.