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Fatal A245 crash in Elmbridge on 6 December 2002 at 16:31 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on the A245 in Elmbridge at 16:31 on Friday 6 December 2002. A male pedestrian was killed and the 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Dec 2002
Friday, 16:31
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32274, longitude -0.38875, in the KT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cobham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon, Elmbridge, KT11 3HX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200245RN30749
Council area
Elmbridge
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
No
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200245RN30749 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.