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Serious M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 17 March 2014 at 22:12 involving a Ford Transit van

Two Ford Transit vans were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 22:12 on Monday 17 March 2014. The 56-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Mar 2014
Monday, 22:12
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32026, longitude -0.74677, in the GU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Frimley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frimley, Surrey Heath, GU16 8PD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014450013878
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    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 2014450013878 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.