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Serious A3 crash in Elmbridge on 23 November 1993 at 07:40 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the A3 in Elmbridge at 07:40 on Tuesday 23 November 1993. A 21-year-old male passenger and the 19-year-old male driver were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 1993
Tuesday, 07:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33392, longitude -0.4267, in the KT11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199345NA00540
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
3

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 199345NA00540 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1993.