Serious A331 crash in Surrey Heath on 29 October 2000 at 11:33 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath at 11:33 on Sunday 29 October 2000. The 38-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and a 41-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane were seriously injured and the 44-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Oct 2000
- Sunday, 11:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32562, longitude -0.76641, in the GU15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200045NC00380
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 331
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 slight injury crash on 2 January 2002.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 2 January 2002
10 m awayRef 200245MA17174
Slight
Car crash on the A321 in Surrey Heath, 27 April 1987
22 m awayRef 198745NC00142
Slight
Car crash on the A331 in Hart, 19 June 2022
36 m awayRef 2022440244974
Serious
Toyota crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 5 August 1999
45 m awayRef 199945NC00271
Slight
Car crash on the A321 in Surrey Heath, 31 December 1985
50 m awayRef 198545NC00604
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 11 June 1998
54 m awayRef 199845NC00260
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200045NC00380 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 2000.