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A287 crash in Waverley on 3 January 1980 at 08:00 involving a car

Three cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A287 in Waverley at 08:00 on Thursday 3 January 1980. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1980
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22779, longitude -0.8057, in the GU9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198045FD00002
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
287
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 4: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 4 (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 198045FD00002 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 1980.