A118 crash in Redbridge on 25 December 1979 at 01:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A118 in Redbridge at 01:10 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 47-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a female passenger in vehicle 1 were 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, 01:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LPBCD46
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 118
- 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 (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, 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 197901LPBCD46 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1979.