Unclassified road crash in Wokingham RG40 on 2 September 1979 at 14:10 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wokingham at 14:10 on Sunday 2 September 1979. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 16-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 1979
- Sunday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40875, longitude -0.82673, in the RG40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wokingham.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197943E005099
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, 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 197943E005099 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 1979.