Serious A206 crash in Greenwich on 29 December 1979 at 09:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the A206 in Greenwich at 09:20 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 17-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 09:20
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTJEC60
Council area: Greenwich
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 206
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
17 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Male, aged 17, 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 197901LTJEC60 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1979.