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B2130 crash in Waverley on 29 September 1998 at 13:50 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the B2130 in Waverley at 13:50 on Tuesday 29 September 1998. The 17-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Volvo 440
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14374, longitude -0.50323, in the GU6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845WF00430
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2130
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199845WF00430 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 1998.