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A324 crash in Woking on 15 February 1979 at 16:49 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A324 in Woking at 16:49 on Thursday 15 February 1979. The 65-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1979
Thursday, 16:49
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31718, longitude -0.5659, in the GU21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woking.

Map of where the crash happened in Woking

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945CD00046
Council area
Woking
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
324
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197945CD00046 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Woking road accident statistics for 1979.