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M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 28 February 2001 at 11:25 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 11:25 on Wednesday 28 February 2001. The 67-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 2001
Wednesday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35885, longitude -0.66455, in the GU20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lightwater, Surrey Heath, GU18 5RN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200145MN02506
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    5,480 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 200145MN02506 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 2001.