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A245 crash in Elmbridge on 22 October 1982 at 23:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A245 in Elmbridge at 23:15 on Friday 22 October 1982. A 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 56-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1982
Friday, 23:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32559, longitude -0.4023, in the KT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cobham.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010VD1093
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
245
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1982010VD1093 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1982.