M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 19 May 2000 at 16:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 16:50 on Friday 19 May 2000. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2000
- Friday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Citroen AX
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35866, longitude -0.65623, in the GU20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ascot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200045NM00062
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2018.
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 13 April 2018
7 m awayRef 2018450284468
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 21 July 2007
10 m awayRef 200745SU07942
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 29 June 2012
14 m awayRef 201245SU71923
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 26 June 1998
20 m awayRef 199845NM00095
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 30 June 2007
20 m awayRef 200745SU06442
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 26 December 2004
22 m awayRef 200445SU62637
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200045NM00062 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.