A331 crash in Surrey Heath on 1 May 2013 at 07:30 involving an Audi Q5
An Audi Q5, a Ford Transit van and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath at 07:30 on Wednesday 1 May 2013. The 34-year-old female driver of the Audi Q5 and the 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus 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
- 1 May 2013
- Wednesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi Q5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31895, longitude -0.76091, in the GU15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fernhill, Rushmoor, GU17 9EU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450005733
- 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
- 331
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2004.
Slight
Alfa Romeo GTV crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 27 May 2004
30 m awayRef 200445SU53250
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 27 January 2000
30 m awayRef 200045NC00048
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 11 October 2012
36 m awayRef 201245SU74470
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 6 November 1996
36 m awayRef 199645NC00323
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 31 July 2009
38 m awayRef 200945SU41916
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 1 November 2018
39 m awayRef 2018450800986
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
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 2013450005733 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.