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Serious A307 crash in Elmbridge on 25 December 1979 at 15:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A307 in Elmbridge at 15:50 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 15:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LPPKF92
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
307
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, 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 197901LPPKF92 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.