A1000 crash in Hertsmere on 31 December 1979 at 19:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1000 in Hertsmere at 19:20 on Monday 31 December 1979. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 31 Dec 1979; Monday, 19:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197901LVTEF33
Council area: Hertsmere
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 1000
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Other
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 25, 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 197901LVTEF33 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.