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Fatal A321 crash in Guildford on 19 December 1981 at 20:55 involving a car

A car crashed on the A321 in Guildford at 20:55 on Saturday 19 December 1981. The 63-year-old male driver and a 65-year-old male passenger were killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Dec 1981
Saturday, 20:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27115, longitude -0.72172, in the GU12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ash and Ash Vale.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198145FD00306
Council area
Guildford
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198145FD00306 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Guildford road accident statistics for 1981.