A331 crash in Surrey Heath on 21 March 2007 at 20:50 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath at 20:50 on Wednesday 21 March 2007. The 22-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2007
- Wednesday, 20:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Yamaha FZS 1000
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31506, longitude -0.7545, in the GU16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frimley, Surrey Heath, GU16 7AL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200745SU00981
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 331
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 3
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 May 2018.
Serious
Skoda Superb crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 6 May 2018
8 m awayRef 2018450290612
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 26 August 2014
12 m awayRef 2014450017880
Slight
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 29 June 2017
13 m awayRef 2017450204287
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 4 October 2011
14 m awayRef 201145SU64573
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 6 April 2004
14 m awayRef 200445SU51235
Slight
Volkswagen Touareg crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 29 October 2021
20 m awayRef 2021451103918
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,226 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha FZS 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 1000)
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 200745SU00981 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 2007.