Serious unclassified road crash in Wokingham RG10 on 28 August 1982 at 15:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wokingham at 15:00 on Saturday 28 August 1982. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Aug 1982
- Saturday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46906, longitude -0.87918, in the RG10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198243E105082
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 92 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2006.
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on an unclassified road in Wokingham, 16 August 2006
92 m awayRef 200643W261086
Serious
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Wokingham, 19 April 2025
113 m awayRef 2025430190270
Slight
Car crash on the A3032 in Wokingham, 30 January 1987
149 m awayRef 198743E081017
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Wokingham, 14 January 2001
188 m awayRef 200143W266011
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Wokingham, 23 August 1979
206 m awayRef 197943E064089
Slight
Freight Rover crash on an unclassified road in Wokingham, 8 February 1991
209 m awayRef 199143N001101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198243E105082 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.