A322 crash in Surrey Heath on 10 April 2013 at 19:52 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A322 in Surrey Heath at 19:52 on Wednesday 10 April 2013. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 50-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Apr 2013
- Wednesday, 19:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35444, longitude -0.6759, in the GU18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lightwater. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lightwater, Surrey Heath, GU18 5RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450005273
- 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
- 322
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A322 in Surrey Heath, 2 April 1979
17 m awayRef 197945CA00107
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A322 in Surrey Heath, 31 October 1995
20 m awayRef 199545NC00294
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A322 in Surrey Heath, 19 July 1996
29 m awayRef 199645NC00197
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A322 in Surrey Heath, 20 October 2008
31 m awayRef 200845SU30437
Slight
Car crash on the A322 in Surrey Heath, 15 November 1982
38 m awayRef 198245CA00442
Serious
Car crash on the A322 in Surrey Heath, 16 January 1980
39 m awayRef 198045CA00014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2013450005273 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 2013.