A4 crash in Wokingham on 11 March 1979 at 19:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4 in Wokingham at 19:10 on Sunday 11 March 1979. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 63-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 63-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 1979
- Sunday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49463, longitude -0.84527, in the RG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hare Hatch.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197943E035039
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 November 1997.
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Serious
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, 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 197943E035039 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.