Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest on 31 December 1979 at 19:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 19:20 on Monday 31 December 1979. The 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 1979
- Monday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LVTEX67
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, 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 197901LVTEX67 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1979.