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Serious A281 crash in Waverley on 27 March 1983 at 16:55 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A281 in Waverley at 16:55 on Sunday 27 March 1983. There were eight casualties: one person was seriously injured and seven were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 1983
Sunday, 16:55
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
8
1 seriously injured, 7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14576, longitude -0.53433, in the GU6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198345FG00090
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
281
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, 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 198345FG00090 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waverley road accident statistics for 1983.