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Serious A3 crash in Waverley on 4 December 1980 at 17:33 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Waverley at 17:33 on Thursday 4 December 1980. The 68-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 45-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Dec 1980
Thursday, 17:33
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15065, longitude -0.69674, 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
198045FG00399
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 5 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198045FG00399 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.