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A318 crash in Runnymede on 7 September 1983 at 20:18 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A318 in Runnymede at 20:18 on Wednesday 7 September 1983. The 27-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Sep 1983
Wednesday, 20:18
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36723, longitude -0.49078, in the KT15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Addlestone.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198345AD00240
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
318
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198345AD00240 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 1983.