A318 crash in Woking on 2 December 2015 at 17:51 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a BMW R 1200 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A318 in Woking at 17:51 on Wednesday 2 December 2015. The 31-year-old male rider of the BMW R 1200 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 17:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and BMW R 1200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34837, longitude -0.48139, in the KT14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Byfleet, New Haw and West Byfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Byfleet and West Byfleet, Woking, KT14 7AN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Woking
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450035497
- Council area
- Woking
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 318
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 January 1989.
Serious
Van crash on the A318 in Woking, 4 January 1989
9 m awayRef 198945NW00007
Slight
Car crash on the A318 in Woking, 13 February 1982
16 m awayRef 198245CD00055
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A318 in Woking, 20 June 2001
16 m awayRef 200145MW07904
Slight
Car crash on the A318 in Woking, 16 November 1988
16 m awayRef 198845NW00496
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A318 in Woking, 26 July 2005
17 m awayRef 200545WO71186
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A318 in Woking, 14 October 1996
25 m awayRef 199645NW00289
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: BMW R 1200
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,170 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (BMW R 1200)
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 2015450035497 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Woking road accident statistics for 2015.