A3 crash in Elmbridge on 14 November 2005 at 18:10 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 18:10 on Monday 14 November 2005. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2005
- Monday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3745, longitude -0.31567, in the KT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hinchley Wood and Weston Green, Elmbridge, KT9 1UF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200545EL76729
- 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
- 50 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 9 December 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 9 December 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010VD1248
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 9 October 1987
10 m awayRef 198701VD00894
Fatal
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 16 April 2001
10 m awayRef 200145MN04545
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 7 February 1991
10 m awayRef 199101VK00125
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 15 October 1987
10 m awayRef 198701VD00912
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 1 March 1998
14 m awayRef 199801VK00193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,792 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200545EL76729 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 2005.