Unclassified road crash in Brent on 25 December 1979 at 02:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Brent at 02:20 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 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, 02:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPCEW80
Council area: Brent
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
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 197901LPCEW80 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 1979.