M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 23 November 2000 at 17:16 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Ford Granada and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 17:16 on Thursday 23 November 2000. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Nov 2000
- Thursday, 17:16
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35546, longitude -0.6826, in the GU19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200045NM00173
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2008.
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 23 August 2008
At the same spotRef 200845SU27225
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 14 August 1997
10 m awayRef 199745NM00094
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 28 August 2013
14 m awayRef 2013450008574
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 1 May 2001
14 m awayRef 200145MN05290
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 25 June 2023
16 m awayRef 2023451322534
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 7 October 1988
20 m awayRef 198845NC00451
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Granada)
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 200045NM00173 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.