A558 crash in Halton on 22 December 1979 at 21:25 involving a car

A car crashed on the A558 in Halton at 21:25 on Saturday 22 December 1979. The 15-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 22 Dec 1979; Saturday, 21:25
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197907LMVFE40
Council area: Halton
Police force: Cheshire

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 558
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Other
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
16 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 15, 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 197907LMVFE40 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Halton road accident statistics for 1979.