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B104 crash in Hackney on 29 December 1979 at 11:30 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B104 in Hackney at 11:30 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 61-year-old male passenger in the van and the 24-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1979
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LTLGI45
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
104
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197901LTLGI45 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1979.