Serious A321 crash in Wokingham on 5 June 1982 at 20:50 involving a car
Three cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A321 in Wokingham at 20:50 on Saturday 5 June 1982. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Jun 1982
- Saturday, 20:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50331, longitude -0.86926, in the RG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wargrave.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198243E018062
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 321
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A321 in Wokingham, 19 July 2024
5 m awayRef 2024430344297
Slight
Car crash on the A321 in Wokingham, 2 August 1980
10 m awayRef 198043E001080
Slight
Car crash on the A321 in Wokingham, 29 May 1994
10 m awayRef 199443R130054
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A321 in Wokingham, 1 March 1990
14 m awayRef 199043E005030
Slight
Car crash on the A321 in Wokingham, 2 March 1985
14 m awayRef 198543E004035
Slight
Bedford Astra crash on the A321 in Wokingham, 19 July 1998
22 m awayRef 1998430R11807
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Not on carriageway
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198243E018062 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 1982.