C road crash in Hillingdon on 22 December 1979 at 02:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Hillingdon at 02:15 on Saturday 22 December 1979. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 02:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LMCDQ69
- Council area
- Hillingdon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, 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 197901LMCDQ69 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hillingdon road accident statistics for 1979.