B311 crash in Surrey Heath on 3 July 1996 at 15:00 involving a Volvo 340
A Volvo 340 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath at 15:00 on Wednesday 3 July 1996. The female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 2-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 1996
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo 340 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34246, longitude -0.68169, in the GU18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199645NC00174
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 311
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2017.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 2 January 2017
8 m awayRef 2017450145629
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 18 February 2003
10 m awayRef 200345SR34409
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 10 September 2022
13 m awayRef 2022451217891
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 2 March 2017
14 m awayRef 2017450161409
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B311 in Runnymede, 24 July 1995
20 m awayRef 199545NC00208
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 5 November 1993
20 m awayRef 199345NC00337
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo 340
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,721 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 199645NC00174 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 1996.