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Unclassified road crash in Woking GU21 on 16 April 1985 at 17:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Woking at 17:30 on Tuesday 16 April 1985. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 13-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 1985
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32004, longitude -0.60843, in the GU21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woking.

Map of where the crash happened in Woking

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198545NW00133
Council area
Woking
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198545NW00133 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Woking road accident statistics for 1985.