A11 crash in Tower Hamlets on 28 December 1979 at 10:00 involving a car
Two cars and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets at 10:00 on Friday 28 December 1979. A 69-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 1979
- Friday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LSKAC52
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, 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 197901LSKAC52 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1979.