Serious A4090 crash in Harrow on 30 December 1979 at 00:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4090 in Harrow at 00:05 on Sunday 30 December 1979. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Dec 1979
- Sunday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LUABE97
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4090
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 197901LUABE97 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 1979.