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Fatal unclassified road crash in Windsor and Maidenhead SL6 on 23 September 1981 at 20:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Windsor and Maidenhead at 20:30 on Wednesday 23 September 1981. The 35-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Sep 1981
Wednesday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56419, longitude -0.75363, in the SL6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Windsor and Maidenhead

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198143C094091
Council area
Windsor and Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198143C094091 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Windsor and Maidenhead road accident statistics for 1981.