Unclassified road crash in Bexley on 30 December 1979 at 03:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 03:20 on Sunday 30 December 1979. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 03:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LUDEV89
Council area: Bexley
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
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 (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 35, 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 197901LUDEV89 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1979.