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A11 crash in Newham on 25 December 1979 at 00:30 involving a van

A van and two cars were involved in a crash on the A11 in Newham at 00:30 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 44-year-old female driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 00:30
Vehicles
3
Van and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LPAGD79
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
Road type
Single carriageway
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 (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197901LPAGD79 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1979.