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M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 19 December 1997 at 01:25 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton crashed on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 01:25 on Friday 19 December 1997. A 54-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1997
Friday, 01:25
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Carlton
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37458, longitude -0.6052, in the KT16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199745NM00161
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,260 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199745NM00161 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 1997.