M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 6 September 2014 at 13:09 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 13:09 on Saturday 6 September 2014. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was 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
- 6 Sep 2014
- Saturday, 13:09
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34376, longitude -0.70538, in the GU15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heatherside, Surrey Heath, GU15 1PB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014450018418
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 September 2016.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 3 September 2016
6 m awayRef 2016450102197
Serious
Car crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 22 January 1980
16 m awayRef 198045CA00019
Slight
Car crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath, 28 May 1986
23 m awayRef 198645NC00243
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath, 25 July 1997
32 m awayRef 199745NC00275
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B3015 in Surrey Heath, 17 November 1992
34 m awayRef 199245NC00470
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 7 March 1998
34 m awayRef 199845NM00039
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2014450018418 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.