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B111 crash in Hackney on 27 December 1979 at 20:55 involving a taxi

Two taxis were involved in a crash on the B111 in Hackney at 20:55 on Thursday 27 December 1979. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 52-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1979
Thursday, 20:55
Vehicles
2
Taxi and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LRULI46
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
111
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 197901LRULI46 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1979.