A23 crash in Lambeth on 30 December 1979 at 19:20 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 19:20 on Sunday 30 December 1979. The 58-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 19:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LUTEC97
Council area: Lambeth
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 23
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control: Auto traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
59 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Driver sex
Male

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 58, 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 197901LUTEC97 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1979.