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Serious B3001 crash in Waverley on 7 September 1981 at 00:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B3001 in Waverley at 00:40 on Monday 7 September 1981. The 21-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Sep 1981
Monday, 00:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20263, longitude -0.75525, in the GU9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198145FD00204
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3001
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
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 198145FD00204 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 1981.