B369 crash in Elmbridge on 16 January 2018 at 17:00 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B369 in Elmbridge at 17:00 on Tuesday 16 January 2018. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2018
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3993, longitude -0.38482, in the KT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Molesey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Molesey West, Elmbridge, KT8 2QU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450260789
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 369
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 369
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2015.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 8 April 2015
1 m awayRef 2015450023827
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 1 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016450134623
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 7 February 2018
3 m awayRef 2018450267418
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 20 July 2017
3 m awayRef 2017450205606
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 24 October 2014
3 m awayRef 2014450019097
Slight
Car crash on the B369 in Elmbridge, 29 October 2015
3 m awayRef 2015450031273
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018450260789 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 2018.