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A3 crash in Elmbridge on 25 December 1979 at 18:20 involving a car

Five cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 18:20 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 18:20
Vehicles
5
Car and 4 others
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LPSEF97
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Snow

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

  • Vehicle 4: Car

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

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 197901LPSEF97 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.