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Serious A3 crash in Elmbridge on 8 July 2004 at 11:40 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A3 in Elmbridge at 11:40 on Thursday 8 July 2004. The 50-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jul 2004
Thursday, 11:40
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36484, longitude -0.31933, in the KT9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chessington South & Malden Rushett, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 2RN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200445EL55687
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
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 200445EL55687 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 2004.