A307 crash in Elmbridge on 2 October 2013 at 16:15 involving a Mercedes 190
A Mercedes 190 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A307 in Elmbridge at 16:15 on Wednesday 2 October 2013. The 38-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2013
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes 190 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3748, longitude -0.35717, in the KT10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Esher. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hinchley Wood and Weston Green, Elmbridge, KT10 9TF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450009409
- 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
- 307
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 April 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A307 in Elmbridge, 17 April 1987
2 m awayRef 198701VD00320
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A307 in Elmbridge, 30 April 1993
8 m awayRef 199301VK00313
Slight
Lorry crash on the A307 in Elmbridge, 22 June 2022
10 m awayRef 2022451190807
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on the A307 in Elmbridge, 26 March 1999
14 m awayRef 199901VK00182
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A307 in Elmbridge, 10 November 2024
18 m awayRef 2024451514486
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the A307 in Elmbridge, 16 March 2013
20 m awayRef 2013450004942
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2013450009409 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 2013.