A324 crash in Woking on 7 August 2018 at 09:58 involving a Mercedes S Class taxi
A motorcycle and a Mercedes S Class taxi were involved in a crash on the A324 in Woking at 09:58 on Tuesday 7 August 2018. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2018
- Tuesday, 09:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mercedes S Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31814, longitude -0.56928, in the GU21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Woking.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450316845
- 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
- 324
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 1998.
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A324 in Woking, 9 September 1998
9 m awayRef 199845NW00199
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A324 in Woking, 26 July 2025
16 m awayRef 2025451622892
Slight
Smart City crash on the A324 in Woking, 7 November 2005
21 m awayRef 200545WO75954
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A324 in Woking, 28 January 2012
33 m awayRef 201245WO67729
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A324 in Woking, 24 October 2002
43 m awayRef 200245RS30004
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Woking, 23 May 1984
58 m awayRef 198445CD00189
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes S Class
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2018450316845 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 2018.