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Serious unclassified road crash in Bracknell Forest GU47 on 5 December 1979 at 19:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bracknell Forest at 19:30 on Wednesday 5 December 1979. The 28-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 28-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1979
Wednesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35148, longitude -0.77492, in the GU47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandhurst.

Map of where the crash happened in Bracknell Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943C015129
Council area
Bracknell Forest
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 11 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, 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 197943C015129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bracknell Forest road accident statistics for 1979.