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Serious C road crash in Woking GU21 on 17 December 1979 at 16:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on a C road in Woking at 16:45 on Monday 17 December 1979. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Dec 1979
Monday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31838, longitude -0.56041, in the GU21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woking.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945CD00393
Council area
Woking
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 197945CD00393 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.