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Serious A321 crash in Surrey Heath on 25 July 1980 at 19:30 involving a car

Two cars and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A321 in Surrey Heath at 19:30 on Friday 25 July 1980. The 37-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jul 1980
Friday, 19:30
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3148, longitude -0.74189, in the GU16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frimley.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198045CA00233
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
321
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, on vehicle 3 (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 198045CA00233 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Surrey Heath road accident statistics for 1980.