Serious A1009 crash in Redbridge on 25 December 1979 at 01:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1009 in Redbridge at 01:15 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 61-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 01:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPBDD45
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1009
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
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 61, 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 197901LPBDD45 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.