M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 26 July 2008 at 12:05 involving a Ford Focus
Two Ford Focus cars were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 12:05 on Saturday 26 July 2008. The 28-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 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
- 26 Jul 2008
- Saturday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37496, longitude -0.60388, in the KT16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South, Runnymede, KT16 0ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845SU26266
- 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 18 August 2001.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 18 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200145MN10279
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 16 June 2009
At the same spotRef 200945SU40327
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 6 October 1992
10 m awayRef 199245NC00404
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 18 March 1995
14 m awayRef 199545NM00046
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 3 April 1992
32 m awayRef 199245NC00139
Serious
Mini Clubman crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 7 November 2018
34 m awayRef 2018450801165
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 200845SU26266 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 2008.