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Serious A30 crash in Surrey Heath on 17 February 2012 at 15:13 involving a BMW R 1200 motorcycle

A BMW R 1200 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A30 in Surrey Heath at 15:13 on Friday 17 February 2012. The 46-year-old female rider and an 89-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Feb 2012
Friday, 15:13
Vehicles
1
BMW R 1200
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36803, longitude -0.68899, in the GU19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bagshot, Surrey Heath, GU19 5BJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201245SU68371
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 1200

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,170 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R 1200)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 89, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW R 1200)

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 201245SU68371 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.