A245 crash in Elmbridge on 6 February 2002 at 08:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf, a Fiat Punto and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the A245 in Elmbridge at 08:15 on Wednesday 6 February 2002. The 40-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2002
- Wednesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32553, longitude -0.40243, in the KT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cobham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 2AG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200245RN18397
- 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
- 245
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 9 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200445EL56733
Slight
Car crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 22 October 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010VD1093
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 16 May 2001
10 m awayRef 200145MN06371
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 7 July 1998
10 m awayRef 199801VK00523
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 10 July 2021
11 m awayRef 2021451064886
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 12 November 2011
14 m awayRef 201145EL65653
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,960 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
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 200245RN18397 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.