Serious B286 crash in Merton on 21 December 1979 at 20:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B286 in Merton at 20:10 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 30-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 1979
- Friday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LLUCK23
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 286
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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 (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 197901LLUCK23 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1979.