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Serious A245 crash in Woking on 8 November 2003 at 03:26 involving a Mercedes 300 van

A Mercedes 300 van and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A245 in Woking at 03:26 on Saturday 8 November 2003. The 46-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 300 van was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 2003
Saturday, 03:26
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 300 and agricultural vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34049, longitude -0.47227, in the KT14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Byfleet, New Haw and West Byfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Byfleet and West Byfleet, Woking, KT14 7AN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345WO44833
Council area
Woking
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
318

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 4 November 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

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 200345WO44833 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Woking road accident statistics for 2003.