A11 crash in Newham on 27 December 1979 at 14:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A11 in Newham at 14:05 on Thursday 27 December 1979. A 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1979; Thursday, 14:05
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LROBD77
Council area: Newham
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 11
Road type: Single carriageway
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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 27, 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 197901LROBD77 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1979.