B369 crash in Elmbridge on 12 November 1997 at 22:10 involving a Rover Metro
A Rover Metro and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B369 in Elmbridge at 22:10 on Wednesday 12 November 1997. The 20-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 1997
- Wednesday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover Metro and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4028, longitude -0.36755, in the KT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Molesey.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701VK00934
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 369
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 January 2017.
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 21 January 2017
5 m awayRef 2017450150847
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 10 February 2023
8 m awayRef 2023451274688
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 14 December 1995
10 m awayRef 199501VK00977
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 23 November 2001
14 m awayRef 200145MN15501
Slight
Car crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 12 November 1986
22 m awayRef 198601VD01098
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 27 October 1987
22 m awayRef 198701VD00968
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 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 199701VK00934 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 1997.