Serious B311 crash in Surrey Heath on 2 March 2014 at 22:00 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath at 22:00 on Sunday 2 March 2014. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Mar 2014
- Sunday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZR and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 6
- 2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34097, longitude -0.68491, in the GU18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lightwater, Surrey Heath, GU18 5YX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014450013393
- 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
- 311
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2010.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 19 August 2010
4 m awayRef 201045SU53343
Slight
Car crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 30 May 1988
6 m awayRef 198845NC00219
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 7 June 2012
10 m awayRef 201245SU71312
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 10 December 2010
10 m awayRef 201045SU56591
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 22 February 2024
13 m awayRef 2024451413061
Serious
Audi 80 crash on the B311 in Surrey Heath, 6 June 1999
14 m awayRef 199945NC00201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2014450013393 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 2014.