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Serious A308 crash in Runnymede on 22 November 1980 at 00:10 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A308 in Runnymede at 00:10 on Saturday 22 November 1980. The 22-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Nov 1980
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43287, longitude -0.51869, in the TW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Egham.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198045AD00328
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
308
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
308

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 slight injury crash on 5 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198045AD00328 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 1980.