C road crash in Epping Forest on 25 December 1979 at 02:30 involving a van
Two vans were involved in a crash on a C road in Epping Forest at 02:30 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 60-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 1979
- Tuesday, 02:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LPCGR62
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197901LPCGR62 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1979.