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B311 crash in Surrey Heath on 23 April 1990 at 00:25 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series crashed on the B311 in Surrey Heath at 00:25 on Monday 23 April 1990. A 16-year-old female passenger, a 16-year-old female passenger and the 17-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Apr 1990
Monday, 00:25
Vehicles
1
BMW 5 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34518, longitude -0.66754, in the GU18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lightwater.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199045NC00163
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
311
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

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 199045NC00163 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 1990.