Fatal A10 crash in Broxbourne on 30 December 1979 at 22:10 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A10 in Broxbourne at 22:10 on Sunday 30 December 1979. A 72-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 55-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 30 Dec 1979
- Sunday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LUWCF54
- Council area
- Broxbourne
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 10
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, 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 197901LUWCF54 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 1979.