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Serious B3430 crash in Wokingham on 10 April 1985 at 14:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3430 in Wokingham at 14:30 on Wednesday 10 April 1985. An 87-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and the 84-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Apr 1985
Wednesday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3831, longitude -0.80626, in the RG40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198543C034045
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3430
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 3 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    84 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    88 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198543C034045 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 1985.