A3 crash in Elmbridge on 25 December 1979 at 12:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 12:20 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 12:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LPMEF97
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 3
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197901LPMEF97 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1979.