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Serious unclassified road crash in Surrey Heath GU15 on 22 December 2002 at 01:45 involving a Seat Alhambra

A Seat Alhambra hit five pedestrians on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath at 01:45 on Sunday 22 December 2002. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured. Five of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 2002
Sunday, 01:45
Vehicles
1
Seat Alhambra
Casualties
5
1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33734, longitude -0.74399, in the GU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camberley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michaels, Surrey Heath, GU15 3QL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200245SR31577
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Alhambra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200245SR31577 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 2002.