B235 crash in Merton on 27 December 1979 at 15:00 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the B235 in Merton at 15:00 on Thursday 27 December 1979. A 45-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1, the 50-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 50-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 1979
- Thursday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LRPAK20
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 235
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- 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 (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 197901LRPAK20 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1979.