Serious A124 crash in Newham on 25 December 1979 at 10:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A124 in Newham at 10:55 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 49-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Serious
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 10:55
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPKLD70
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 124
Speed limit: 30 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
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger
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 197901LPKLD70 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1979.