Serious A307 crash in Elmbridge on 21 December 1979 at 22:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A307 in Elmbridge at 22:35 on Friday 21 December 1979. A 28-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Dec 1979
- Friday, 22:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LLWHF95
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 307
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 28, 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 197901LLWHF95 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.