A1 crash in Barnet on 25 December 1979 at 10:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A1 in Barnet at 10:50 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 23-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 10:50
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPKKF07
Council area: Barnet
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 23, 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 197901LPKKF07 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1979.