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Serious A1155 crash in Stevenage on 7 November 1980 at 23:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1155 in Stevenage at 23:45 on Friday 7 November 1980. The 51-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 31-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Nov 1980
Friday, 23:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91215, longitude -0.17977, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19804141E1261
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1155
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1155

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19804141E1261 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 1980.