Serious A5135 crash in Hertsmere on 31 December 1979 at 11:15 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A5135 in Hertsmere at 11:15 on Monday 31 December 1979. The 33-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and a 3-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Dec 1979
- Monday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LVLDF39
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5135
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 197901LVLDF39 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1979.