A10 crash in Haringey on 24 December 1979 at 17:40 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in Haringey at 17:40 on Monday 24 December 1979. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, the 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and an 11-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 1979
- Monday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LORIF15
- Council area
- Haringey
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 10
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 197901LORIF15 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1979.