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Serious A244 crash in Elmbridge on 31 December 2003 at 03:45 involving a Citroen

A Citroen crashed on the A244 in Elmbridge at 03:45 on Wednesday 31 December 2003. The 18-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 03:45
Vehicles
1
Citroen
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33647, longitude -0.36071, in the KT22 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, KT22 0ST area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345EL46965
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
244
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen)

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 200345EL46965 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 2003.