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Fatal A3 crash in Elmbridge on 5 September 1983 at 16:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the A3 in Elmbridge at 16:30 on Monday 5 September 1983. The 68-year-old male driver was killed and a 60-year-old female passenger and an 88-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Sep 1983
Monday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3541, longitude -0.32548, in the KT10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010VD0851
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 88, 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 1983010VD0851 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.