C road crash in Greenwich on 31 December 1979 at 12:50 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Greenwich at 12:50 on Monday 31 December 1979. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 1979
- Monday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LVMKO63
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 197901LVMKO63 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1979.