A245 crash in Woking on 12 August 2016 at 17:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo, a Peugeot 207 and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A245 in Woking at 17:40 on Friday 12 August 2016. The 23-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo, the 25-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207 and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 207 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Aug 2016
- Friday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33887, longitude -0.52647, in the GU21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Woking
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450095949
- 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
- 245
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2016.
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A245 in Woking, 3 November 2016
2 m awayRef 2016450123403
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A245 in Woking, 7 May 2011
3 m awayRef 201145WO60782
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A245 in Woking, 24 September 1995
3 m awayRef 199545NW00267
Slight
Fiat Strada crash on the A245 in Woking, 26 June 1991
3 m awayRef 199145NW00214
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A245 in Woking, 14 April 2003
8 m awayRef 200345RS36000
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A245 in Woking, 23 July 1998
8 m awayRef 199845NW00163
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2016450095949 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 2016.