Unclassified road crash in Bexley on 27 December 1979 at 13:00 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Bexley at 13:00 on Thursday 27 December 1979. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1979; Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LRNAV87
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 197901LRNAV87 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1979.