A2 crash in Bexley on 24 December 1979 at 18:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 18:10 on Monday 24 December 1979. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 1979; Monday, 18:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LOSCD84
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 2
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 19, 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 197901LOSCD84 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1979.