A30 crash in Surrey Heath on 4 May 2016 at 05:58 involving a Mercedes
A Mercedes and a van were involved in a crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath at 05:58 on Wednesday 4 May 2016. The 35-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2016
- Wednesday, 05:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33679, longitude -0.75773, in the GU15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camberley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michaels, Surrey Heath, GU15 3QL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450071280
- 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
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2024.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 11 December 2024
13 m awayRef 2024451528909
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 9 July 1981
14 m awayRef 198145CA00230
Slight
Van crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 6 March 1980
14 m awayRef 198045CA00073
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 18 March 1981
14 m awayRef 198145CA00101
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 8 April 1996
14 m awayRef 199645NC00090
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 5 December 1984
14 m awayRef 198445CA00469
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016450071280 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 2016.