M62 crash in Warrington on 29 December 1979 at 10:30 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the M62 in Warrington at 10:30 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 51-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197907LTKG280
- Council area
- Warrington
- Police force
- Cheshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 62
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 197907LTKG280 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.