A11 crash in Tower Hamlets on 25 December 1979 at 00:35 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets at 00:35 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 1979
- Tuesday, 00:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LPAHC50
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- 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
- Dry
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, 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 197901LPAHC50 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1979.