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A206 crash in Greenwich on 30 December 1979 at 15:35 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A206 in Greenwich at 15:35 on Sunday 30 December 1979. A 72-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1, a 36-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 and a 67-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1979
Sunday, 15:35
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LUPHC66
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
206
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 197901LUPHC66 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1979.