A3 crash in Elmbridge on 28 August 2015 at 19:03 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 19:03 on Friday 28 August 2015. The 24-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class and the 46-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery were 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
- 28 Aug 2015
- Friday, 19:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35925, longitude -0.32071, in the KT10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chessington South & Malden Rushett, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 2ND area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450028942
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2013.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 30 April 2013
12 m awayRef 2013450005731
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 23 February 2003
15 m awayRef 200345RN34606
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 20 December 2003
20 m awayRef 200345EL47003
Serious
Volvo S70 crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 30 November 1999
45 m awayRef 199901VK00747
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames, 10 January 1985
51 m awayRef 198501VD00027
Slight
Toyota Crown crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 13 December 1991
54 m awayRef 199101VK01218
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
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 2015450028942 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 2015.