A309 crash in Elmbridge on 1 October 2002 at 15:35 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Mercedes E Class and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A309 in Elmbridge at 15:35 on Tuesday 1 October 2002. The 49-year-old female driver of the Mercedes E Class 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
- 1 Oct 2002
- Tuesday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37622, longitude -0.32897, in the KT10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hinchley Wood and Weston Green, Elmbridge, KT9 1UF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200245MA28857
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 309
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2013.
Slight
Honda CBR125R crash on the A309 in Elmbridge, 11 July 2013
10 m awayRef 2013450007750
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A309 in Elmbridge, 19 February 2022
12 m awayRef 2022451145200
Fatal
Car crash on the A309 in Elmbridge, 20 July 1986
14 m awayRef 198601VD00677
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the A309 in Elmbridge, 4 December 2025
24 m awayRef 2025451679092
Slight
Car crash on the A309 in Elmbridge, 10 June 1987
30 m awayRef 198701VD00519
Slight
Car crash on the A309 in Elmbridge, 19 November 1993
40 m awayRef 199301VK00923
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
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 200245MA28857 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 2002.