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Serious A31 crash in Waverley on 6 March 1985 at 17:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A31 in Waverley at 17:55 on Wednesday 6 March 1985. The 25-year-old male rider and a 19-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Mar 1985
Wednesday, 17:55
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19834, longitude -0.83666, in the GU10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198545WF00057
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
31
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198545WF00057 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 1985.