M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 21 August 2005 at 17:35 involving a Toyota Celica
A Toyota Celica and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 17:35 on Sunday 21 August 2005. The 32-year-old male driver of the Toyota Celica 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
- 21 Aug 2005
- Sunday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Celica and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35842, longitude -0.65882, 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
- 200545SU73153
- 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 25 November 2010.
Slight
Toyota Landcruiser crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 25 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201045SU56134
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 6 December 1997
10 m awayRef 199745NM00160
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 24 January 1982
20 m awayRef 198245CA00028
Slight
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 1 July 2011
30 m awayRef 201145SU62095
Fatal
Car crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 11 May 1980
36 m awayRef 198045CA00144
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 31 January 2025
38 m awayRef 2025451549128
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)
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 200545SU73153 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 2005.