B3015 crash in Surrey Heath on 12 February 2012 at 02:45 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a car were involved in a crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath at 02:45 on Sunday 12 February 2012. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2012
- Sunday, 02:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and car
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30359, longitude -0.70862, in the GU16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mytchett & Deepcut, Surrey Heath, GU16 6UG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201245SU68137
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3015
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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 17 December 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath, 17 December 1998
At the same spotRef 199845NC00519
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath, 5 June 1986
At the same spotRef 198645NC00253
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath, 12 January 2024
7 m awayRef 2024451398142
Slight
Renault Extra crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 21 May 2001
10 m awayRef 200145NW06409
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 10 September 1999
10 m awayRef 199945NC00327
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath, 2 October 2001
10 m awayRef 200145MW12659
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 41 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201245SU68137 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 2012.