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Serious C road crash in Woking GU21 on 23 May 1997 at 20:43 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on a C road in Woking at 20:43 on Friday 23 May 1997. A male passenger in the Rover Montego was seriously injured and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Rover Montego were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 May 1997
Friday, 20:43
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Rover Montego
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3177, longitude -0.62429, in the GU21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woking.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199745NC00182
Council area
Woking
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

    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 199745NC00182 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 1997.