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A3 crash in Merton on 25 December 1979 at 07:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Merton at 07:10 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 19-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 and the 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 07:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LPHCE20
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, 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 197901LPHCE20 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1979.