Serious C road crash in Brent on 30 December 1979 at 02:55 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Brent at 02:55 on Sunday 30 December 1979. The male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 02:55
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LUCLQ87
Council area: Brent
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: C
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: Dry

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Serious
Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 197901LUCLQ87 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 1979.