A245 crash in Elmbridge on 5 February 2018 at 12:41 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5 and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on the A245 in Elmbridge at 12:41 on Monday 5 February 2018. The 37-year-old female driver of the Mazda MX-5 and the 53-year-old female driver of the Toyota RAV4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2018
- Monday, 12:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda MX-5 and Toyota RAV4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33546, longitude -0.43474, in the KT11 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 Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 1DN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450265768
- 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
- 245
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 385
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 2016.
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 29 February 2016
1 m awayRef 2016450048605
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 15 January 2013
2 m awayRef 2013450001889
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B365 in Elmbridge, 5 June 2016
2 m awayRef 2016450073904
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 16 May 2015
2 m awayRef 2015450024382
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 7 April 2015
2 m awayRef 2015450023189
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A245 in Elmbridge, 19 May 2018
3 m awayRef 2018450294264
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,840 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
- 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 2018450265768 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.