C road crash in Westminster on 29 December 1979 at 15:35 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 15:35 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 43-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LTPHO19
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- 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
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, 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 197901LTPHO19 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1979.