A10 crash in Enfield on 30 December 1979 at 22:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in Enfield at 22:25 on Sunday 30 December 1979. A 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1979; Sunday, 22:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LUWFF20
Council area: Enfield
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 10
Road type: Roundabout
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
59 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 19, 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 197901LUWFF20 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1979.