A244 crash in Elmbridge on 16 September 1997 at 06:40 involving a Renault Extra van
A Renault Extra van and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A244 in Elmbridge at 06:40 on Tuesday 16 September 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the Renault Extra van and the 44-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Sep 1997
- Tuesday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Extra and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38437, longitude -0.42009, in the KT12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walton-on-Thames.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199745NA00388
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 244
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2020.
Slight
Toyota Prius+ crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 22 August 2020
4 m awayRef 2020450974774
Slight
Yamaha MT crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 3 November 2023
7 m awayRef 2023451371769
Serious
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 6 December 2016
8 m awayRef 2016450136219
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 29 August 1981
10 m awayRef 198145AW00177
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 13 July 1983
10 m awayRef 198345AW00145
Slight
Car crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 4 October 1984
10 m awayRef 198445AW00215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Extra
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Extra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 199745NA00388 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.