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A321 crash in Wokingham on 27 April 1979 at 13:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A321 in Wokingham at 13:25 on Friday 27 April 1979. A 20-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Apr 1979
Friday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50062, longitude -0.87019, in the RG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wargrave.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943E082049
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
321
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
477

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 197943E082049 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.