A30 crash in Surrey Heath on 23 January 2015 at 07:56 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series, a Fiat Panda and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath at 07:56 on Friday 23 January 2015. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2015
- Friday, 07:56
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 5 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33503, longitude -0.76491, in the GU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camberley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Town, Surrey Heath, GU15 3UF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450022083
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 September 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 12 September 1980
3 m awayRef 198045CA00290
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 11 November 2003
3 m awayRef 200345SU45320
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 28 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025451675103
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 17 April 2013
10 m awayRef 2013450005375
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 28 November 2013
12 m awayRef 2013450011008
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 8 April 1982
12 m awayRef 198245CA00100
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- 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 2015450022083 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 2015.