C road crash in Sandwell on 25 December 1979 at 03:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Sandwell at 03:10 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a snow-covered road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 25 Dec 1979; Tuesday, 03:10
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197920LPDCO50
Council area: Sandwell
Police force: West Midlands

Road and location details

First road class: C
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 197920LPDCO50 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sandwell road accident statistics for 1979.