A3 crash in Elmbridge on 25 December 1979 at 05:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the A3 in Elmbridge at 05:15 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 05:15
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPFDF91
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 3
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 29, 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 197901LPFDF91 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1979.