A3 crash in Elmbridge on 19 June 2003 at 08:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Corsa and two Ford Mondeos, were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 08:20 on Thursday 19 June 2003. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 56-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a male passenger in vehicle 3 were 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
- 19 Jun 2003
- Thursday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Corsa and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33252, longitude -0.43391, in the KT11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 1DN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200345RN38913
- 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
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2000.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 15 May 2000
At the same spotRef 200045NS00230
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 8 June 1991
10 m awayRef 199145NA05189
Serious
LDV 400 Series crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 10 April 2001
10 m awayRef 200145MN04984
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 25 February 1997
10 m awayRef 199745NA00093
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 15 June 2007
10 m awayRef 200745EL08768
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 18 August 2017
12 m awayRef 2017450225442
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 5: Renault 21
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200345RN38913 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.