A1001 crash in Hertsmere on 25 December 1979 at 10:55 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A1001 in Hertsmere at 10:55 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 60-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 10:55
Vehicles: 4; Car and 3 others
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPKLF37
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1001
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (4)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 4: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 197901LPKLF37 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1979.