A1083 crash in Redbridge on 25 December 1979 at 03:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1083 in Redbridge at 03:45 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a male 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, 03:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LPDJD42
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1083
- 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
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, 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 197901LPDJD42 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.