Serious A12 crash in Redbridge on 29 December 1979 at 10:15 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Redbridge at 10:15 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 63-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 10:15
Vehicles: 4; Car and 3 others
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTKDD49
Council area: Redbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 12
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Dry

Vehicles involved (4)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 3: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 4: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197901LTKDD49 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1979.