Serious C road crash in Enfield on 30 December 1979 at 02:30 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Enfield at 02:30 on Sunday 30 December 1979. A 21-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 02:30
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LUCGR27
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 197901LUCGR27 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1979.