A236 crash in Merton on 23 December 1979 at 16:20 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A236 in Merton at 16:20 on Sunday 23 December 1979. A 26-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 1979; Sunday, 16:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and other vehicle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LNQEE27
Council area: Merton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 236
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards: Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 26, 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 197901LNQEE27 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.