Unclassified road crash in Sutton on 29 December 1979 at 20:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sutton at 20:30 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 36-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 43-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 58-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LTUGW16
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 197901LTUGW16 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 1979.