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Serious A321 crash in Surrey Heath on 7 August 1998 at 15:47 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the A321 in Surrey Heath at 15:47 on Friday 7 August 1998. The 86-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 53-year-old female driver of the Nissan Primera was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 1998
Friday, 15:47
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Nissan Primera
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3125, longitude -0.73693, in the GU16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frimley.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845NC00343
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
321
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    86 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)

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 199845NC00343 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.