A41 crash in Westminster on 31 December 1979 at 16:20 involving a car
Two cars and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A41 in Westminster at 16:20 on Monday 31 December 1979. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 1979
- Monday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LVQEC17
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, 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 197901LVQEC17 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1979.