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Serious B2130 crash in Waverley on 21 December 1979 at 20:17 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B2130 in Waverley at 20:17 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 58-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 20:17
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.129, longitude -0.55373, in the GU8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945FG00378
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2130
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 197945FG00378 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waverley road accident statistics for 1979.