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A109 crash in Haringey on 25 December 1979 at 17:00 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A109 in Haringey at 17:00 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LPRAF14
Council area
Haringey
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
109
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197901LPRAF14 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1979.