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Serious A3 crash in Elmbridge on 27 July 1998 at 08:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 08:25 on Monday 27 July 1998. The 42-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jul 1998
Monday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36821, longitude -0.31865, in the KT9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801VK00554
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199801VK00554 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 1998.