A3 crash in Elmbridge on 16 February 2017 at 17:30 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, a car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 17:30 on Thursday 16 February 2017. The 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 49-year-old female driver of the car 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
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2017
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33433, longitude -0.42988, in the KT11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 1DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450162582
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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 4 June 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 4 June 2014
12 m awayRef 2014450015815
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 2 June 1991
18 m awayRef 199101VK00524
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 22 November 2023
24 m awayRef 2023451378705
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 7 December 1984
28 m awayRef 198445AW00282
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 15 November 1988
31 m awayRef 198845NW00502
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 22 March 1990
34 m awayRef 199045NW00173
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,480 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,989 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017450162582 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 2017.