B176 crash in Broxbourne on 21 December 1979 at 18:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B176 in Broxbourne at 18:20 on Friday 21 December 1979. A 10-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 21 Dec 1979; Friday, 18:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LLSEL59
Council area: Broxbourne
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 176
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

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
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 23, 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 197901LLSEL59 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1979.