A3 crash in Elmbridge on 28 September 2011 at 08:20 involving a Renault Laguna
Four vehicles, including a Renault Laguna and a lorry, were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 08:20 on Wednesday 28 September 2011. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit lorry and the 46-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry 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
- 28 Sep 2011
- Wednesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault Laguna and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34705, longitude -0.37139, in the KT22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon, Elmbridge, KT10 9HL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201145EL64517
- 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
- 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
- Footbridge or subway
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1995.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 10 August 1995
10 m awayRef 199501VK00608
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 12 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200845EL33998
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 4 January 1994
10 m awayRef 199401VK00005
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 30 January 1993
14 m awayRef 199301VK00087
Serious
Leyland DAF Fas 75 crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 16 October 1996
14 m awayRef 199601VK00831
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 22 November 2012
33 m awayRef 2012450000727
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Jackknifed
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Jackknifed
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 4: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 4 (MAN)
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 201145EL64517 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 2011.