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M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 16 June 2004 at 19:30 involving a Volkswagen Passat

Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen Passat and a Ford Mondeo, were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 19:30 on Wednesday 16 June 2004. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was 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
16 Jun 2004
Wednesday, 19:30
Vehicles
4
Volkswagen Passat and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36021, longitude -0.64972, in the GU20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Windlesham & Chobham, Surrey Heath, GU20 6DD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200445SU55720
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Jaguar XK Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    3,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 4: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,319 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

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 200445SU55720 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.