M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 23 September 2007 at 12:34 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a car and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 12:34 on Sunday 23 September 2007. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, a 64-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series and the 43-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series 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
- 23 Sep 2007
- Sunday, 12:34
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33245, longitude -0.7246, in the GU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camberley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Parkside, Surrey Heath, GU15 1JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200745SU12199
- 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
- Urban
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2004.
Slight
Iveco crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 24 March 2004
14 m awayRef 200445SU50794
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 22 November 2001
14 m awayRef 200145MN14903
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 13 October 2023
18 m awayRef 2023451362381
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 4 October 2014
22 m awayRef 2014450019122
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 4 February 2011
22 m awayRef 201145SU58241
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 30 October 2012
28 m awayRef 201245SU75139
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,793 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
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 200745SU12199 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.