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Fatal A329(M) crash in Wokingham on 10 December 1979 at 16:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the A329(M) in Wokingham at 16:15 on Monday 10 December 1979. A 1-year-old male passenger was killed and the 35-year-old male driver and a 33-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Dec 1979
Monday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44705, longitude -0.92994, in the RG6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943E030129
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
329
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 1, 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 197943E030129 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.