Unclassified road crash in Barnet on 29 December 1979 at 12:40 involving a van

A van crashed on an unclassified road in Barnet at 12:40 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 28-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 12:40
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LTMIX05
Council area: Barnet
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Overturned
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
26 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 28, 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 197901LTMIX05 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.