A49 crash in Warrington on 17 December 1979 at 17:25 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A49 in Warrington at 17:25 on Monday 17 December 1979. A 38-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 1979
- Monday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197907LHRFE80
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197907LHRFE80 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Warrington road accident statistics for 1979.