M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 5 July 2004 at 08:07 involving a Mazda 323
A Mazda 323, a Ford Mondeo and a car were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 08:07 on Monday 5 July 2004. All four casualties 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
- 5 Jul 2004
- Monday, 08:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 323 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35413, longitude -0.68465, in the GU19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bagshot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bagshot, Surrey Heath, GU19 5NW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200445SU55067
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2013.
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Vauxhall Mokka crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 19 November 2023
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 20 October 1998
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Car crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 2 August 2017
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 200445SU55067 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Surrey Heath road accident statistics for 2004.