A503 crash in Haringey on 25 December 1979 at 08:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A503 in Haringey at 08:15 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPIDF19
Council area: Haringey
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 503
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 24, 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 197901LPIDF19 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1979.