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A3 crash in Waverley on 24 December 1997 at 08:55 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Waverley at 08:55 on Wednesday 24 December 1997. The 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 08:55
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1406, longitude -0.70703, in the GU8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Waverley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199745WF00533
Council area
Waverley
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
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
Other junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199745WF00533 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waverley road accident statistics for 1997.