A31 crash in Waverley on 27 January 2018 at 12:05 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery, two Nissan Qashqais and a car were involved in a crash on the A31 in Waverley at 12:05 on Saturday 27 January 2018. A 36-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2, the 70-year-old female driver of the car and a 76-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2018
- Saturday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 4
- Land Rover Discovery and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2178, longitude -0.78189, in the GU9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Farnham Castle, Waverley, GU9 9FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waverley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450262240
- Council area
- Waverley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 31
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine with 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 serious injury crash on 3 March 2014.
Serious
Daihatsu Terios crash on the A31 in Waverley, 3 March 2014
2 m awayRef 2014450013523
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A31 in Waverley, 27 December 2016
3 m awayRef 2016450147597
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the A31 in Waverley, 28 June 1998
4 m awayRef 199845WF00281
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A31 in Waverley, 17 October 1998
4 m awayRef 199845WF00467
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Waverley, 14 May 1986
6 m awayRef 198645WF00126
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A31 in Waverley, 1 March 1997
6 m awayRef 199745WF00078
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018450262240 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waverley road accident statistics for 2018.