Serious A331 crash in Surrey Heath on 30 October 2015 at 19:35 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3, a Ford Focus and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath at 19:35 on Friday 30 October 2015. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was seriously injured and the 21-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 and the 20-year-old male driver of the Mazda MX-5 were slightly 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
- 30 Oct 2015
- Friday, 19:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29328, longitude -0.73849, in the GU14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Frimley Green, Surrey Heath, GU16 6SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450031711
- 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
- 331
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 2017.
Serious
Car crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 3 December 2017
13 m awayRef 2017440468738
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 24 May 2005
16 m awayRef 2005440513973
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 30 December 2001
18 m awayRef 2001440AA2037
Serious
Kawasaki ZR1200 crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 13 June 2009
20 m awayRef 2009440255965
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 1 July 2009
21 m awayRef 200945SU40803
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A331 in Rushmoor, 1 February 2010
34 m awayRef 2010440042131
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,839 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mazda MX-5)
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 2015450031711 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.