A217 crash in Sutton on 24 December 1979 at 17:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A217 in Sutton at 17:55 on Monday 24 December 1979. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1979; Monday, 17:55
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LORLE14
Council area: Sutton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 217
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning left
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, 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 197901LORLE14 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1979.