A245 crash in Elmbridge on 13 March 2012 at 00:01 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport were involved in a crash on the A245 in Elmbridge at 00:01 on Tuesday 13 March 2012. The 34-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2012
- Tuesday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSXR 600 and Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32707, longitude -0.40999, in the KT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cobham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 2AG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201245EL69124
- 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
- 245
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 March 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A245 in Kingston upon Thames, 25 March 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010VD0282
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 1 August 2008
At the same spotRef 200845EL27983
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 24 May 1994
At the same spotRef 199401VK00412
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 24 December 1987
At the same spotRef 198701VD01192
Slight
Car crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 1 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198401VD01234
Slight
Van crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 21 August 1998
At the same spotRef 199801VK00622
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 600)
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 201245EL69124 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 2012.