M3 crash in Surrey Heath on 21 November 2014 at 18:04 involving a Fiat Panda
A Fiat Panda and a car were involved in a crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath at 18:04 on Friday 21 November 2014. The 21-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2014
- Friday, 18:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Panda and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34286, longitude -0.7067, 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
- 2014450020508
- 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
- 50 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2002.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 9 September 2002
3 m awayRef 200245MA27197
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 29 October 2004
9 m awayRef 200445SU60075
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 15 March 1996
19 m awayRef 199645NM00029
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 30 May 2003
23 m awayRef 200345SR38044
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 12 September 2000
25 m awayRef 200045NM00128
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 28 July 2002
25 m awayRef 200245SR25116
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)
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 2014450020508 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.