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Fatal A4127 crash in Ealing on 31 December 1979 at 00:30 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A4127 in Ealing at 00:30 on Monday 31 December 1979. An 80-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was killed, two other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Dec 1979
Monday, 00:30
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 killed, 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197901LVAGE74
Council area
Ealing
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4127
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 80, 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 197901LVAGE74 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ealing road accident statistics for 1979.