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M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 27 December 1979 at 14:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 14:25 on Thursday 27 December 1979. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1979
Thursday, 14:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36848, longitude -0.62894, in the GU24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945CA00503
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 197945CA00503 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Surrey Heath road accident statistics for 1979.