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B311 crash in Surrey Heath on 17 January 1998 at 23:38 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B311 in Surrey Heath at 23:38 on Saturday 17 January 1998. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1998
Saturday, 23:38
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32703, longitude -0.71716, in the GU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camberley.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845NC00021
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
311
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199845NC00021 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 1998.