A206 crash in Greenwich on 25 December 1979 at 08:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the A206 in Greenwich at 08:35 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 20-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 08:35
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPIHC63
Council area: Greenwich
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 206
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 20, 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 197901LPIHC63 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1979.