A245 crash in Woking on 20 December 2017 at 22:05 involving a Volkswagen Touareg
A Volkswagen Touareg, a Toyota Yaris and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A245 in Woking at 22:05 on Wednesday 20 December 2017. The 43-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Touareg, the 31-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2017
- Wednesday, 22:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Touareg and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3387, longitude -0.49492, 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 6ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Woking
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450253584
- 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
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2016.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A245 in Woking, 12 October 2016
4 m awayRef 2016450115562
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A245 in Woking, 12 August 2014
4 m awayRef 2014450017468
Serious
Lexmoto ZSX crash on the A245 in Woking, 15 July 2021
5 m awayRef 2021451066780
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A245 in Woking, 10 November 2015
5 m awayRef 2015450032485
Serious
Yamaha XVS 125 crash on the A245 in Woking, 6 January 2004
6 m awayRef 200445WO47525
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A245 in Woking, 12 July 2007
6 m awayRef 200745WO07182
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touareg
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touareg)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2017450253584 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 2017.