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Serious A3020 crash on the Isle of Wight on 10 March 1979 at 16:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3020 on the Isle of Wight at 16:15 on Saturday 10 March 1979. The 44-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a male passenger aged under 1 in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Mar 1979
Saturday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63624, longitude -1.25898, in the PO38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Godshill.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Wight

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979440LS0034
Council area
Isle of Wight
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3020
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 22 January 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1979440LS0034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Wight road accident statistics for 1979.