A5109 crash in Barnet on 29 December 1979 at 11:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5109 in Barnet at 11:15 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 11:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTLDF08
Council area: Barnet
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 5109
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

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

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 30, 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 197901LTLDF08 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1979.