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A3050 crash in Elmbridge on 21 December 1979 at 19:20 involving a car

Three cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3050 in Elmbridge at 19:20 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 and a female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered road with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 19:20
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LLTEF95
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3050
Speed limit
40 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 (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 4: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 197901LLTEF95 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1979.