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Serious A324 crash in Woking on 3 October 1979 at 18:42 involving a minibus

A minibus and a car were involved in a crash on the A324 in Woking at 18:42 on Wednesday 3 October 1979. The 45-year-old female driver of the minibus and a 21-year-old female passenger in the minibus were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 1979
Wednesday, 18:42
Vehicles
2
Minibus and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31697, longitude -0.57078, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945CD00286
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 March 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 197945CD00286 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.