Serious A1 crash in Elmbridge on 21 December 1979 at 21:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1 in Elmbridge at 21:30 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 21 Dec 1979; Friday, 21:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LLVGF98
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Snowing, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
21 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 40, 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 197901LLVGF98 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.