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Serious A283 crash in Waverley on 11 December 1981 at 05:30 involving a van

A van crashed on the A283 in Waverley at 05:30 on Friday 11 December 1981. The 43-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 1981
Friday, 05:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11859, longitude -0.62278, in the GU8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chiddingfold.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198145FG00432
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
283
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198145FG00432 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.