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Serious unclassified road crash in Bracknell Forest RG42 on 12 December 1983 at 18:30 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Bracknell Forest at 18:30 on Monday 12 December 1983. The 39-year-old female driver and a 15-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1983
Monday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45193, longitude -0.71697, in the RG42 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Bracknell Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198343C071123
Council area
Bracknell Forest
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 341 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    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 198343C071123 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bracknell Forest road accident statistics for 1983.