A245 crash in Elmbridge on 30 December 1979 at 10:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the A245 in Elmbridge at 10:00 on Sunday 30 December 1979. The 24-year-old female driver and a 24-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 10:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LUKAF90
Council area: Elmbridge
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 245
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Daylight
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
23 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 24, 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 197901LUKAF90 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1979.