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Serious A321 crash in Surrey Heath on 28 February 1979 at 22:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A321 in Surrey Heath at 22:40 on Wednesday 28 February 1979. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously 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
Serious
Date
28 Feb 1979
Wednesday, 22:40
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32708, longitude -0.75505, in the GU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camberley.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945CA00057
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 28 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197945CA00057 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Surrey Heath road accident statistics for 1979.