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B266 crash in Croydon on 28 December 1979 at 16:55 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the B266 in Croydon at 16:55 on Friday 28 December 1979. The male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1979
Friday, 16:55
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LSQLK06
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
266
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, 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 197901LSQLK06 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1979.