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Fatal B364 crash in Elmbridge on 18 March 1983 at 23:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the B364 in Elmbridge at 23:40 on Friday 18 March 1983. A 15-year-old male passenger was killed and three other people were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Mar 1983
Friday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
1 killed, 3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38721, longitude -0.33333, in the KT7 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Molesey.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010VD0243
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
364
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 15, 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 1983010VD0243 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 1983.