A3 crash in Waverley on 16 August 2003 at 12:12 involving a Saab 9000
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2003
- Saturday, 12:12
- Vehicles
- 3
- Saab 9000 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11983, longitude -0.72104, in the GU8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Western Commons, Waverley, GU8 6NS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200345RW41340
- Council area
- Waverley
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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 25 April 2010.
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Waverley, 25 April 2010
At the same spotRef 201045WA51429
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A3 in Waverley, 10 April 1995
10 m awayRef 199545WF00145
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Waverley, 16 July 1988
22 m awayRef 198845WO00244
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A3 in Waverley, 3 November 2001
41 m awayRef 200145MW13863
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A3 in Waverley, 24 December 1992
51 m awayRef 199245WO00348
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Waverley, 15 December 1980
51 m awayRef 198045FG00422
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9000
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,290 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200345RW41340 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waverley road accident statistics for 2003.