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Fatal A247 crash in Guildford on 29 November 1985 at 22:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A247 in Guildford at 22:05 on Friday 29 November 1985. A 91-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was killed and the 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Nov 1985
Friday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2902, longitude -0.52931, in the GU23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Send.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198545NW00526
Council area
Guildford
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
247
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 91, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, 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 198545NW00526 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Guildford road accident statistics for 1985.