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Fatal A406 crash in Barnet on 28 December 1980 at 18:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A406 in Barnet at 18:55 on Sunday 28 December 1980. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed, one other person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Dec 1980
Sunday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
5
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198001LSSLF00
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
406
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, 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 198001LSSLF00 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1980.