A121 crash in Epping Forest on 21 December 1979 at 17:20 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A121 in Epping Forest at 17:20 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 41-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 1979
- Friday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LLREF64
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 41, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 197901LLREF64 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.