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A3100 crash in Waverley on 21 December 1979 at 16:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3100 in Waverley at 16:00 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 16-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1748, longitude -0.6304, in the GU7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Godalming.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945FG00380
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3100
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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, 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 197945FG00380 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.