A3 crash in Merton on 30 December 1979 at 17:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Merton at 17:00 on Sunday 30 December 1979. A 69-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LURAE29
Council area: Merton
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 3
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Other junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

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

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197901LURAE29 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 1979.