B385 crash in Runnymede on 5 October 1979 at 11:20 involving a lorry
A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the B385 in Runnymede at 11:20 on Friday 5 October 1979. The 31-year-old female driver of the car and an 88-year-old female passenger in the car 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
- 5 Oct 1979
- Friday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34527, longitude -0.51075, in the KT15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Byfleet, New Haw and West Byfleet.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197945AD00295
- Council area
- Runnymede
- Police force
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 385
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1997.
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B385 in Runnymede, 21 December 1997
45 m awayRef 199745NA00594
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B385 in Elmbridge, 26 September 1993
63 m awayRef 199345NA00438
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B385 in Runnymede, 27 January 2000
63 m awayRef 200045NA00049
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B385 in Runnymede, 14 October 1997
63 m awayRef 199745NA00457
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede, 28 June 2004
67 m awayRef 200445RU54738
Serious
Yamaha R6 crash on the B385 in Runnymede, 3 December 1999
76 m awayRef 199945NA00488
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 88, 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 197945AD00295 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 1979.