A244 crash in Elmbridge on 10 September 2018 at 09:05 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A244 in Elmbridge at 09:05 on Monday 10 September 2018. The 54-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 2018
- Monday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36216, longitude -0.36411, in the KT10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Esher. It is one of the crashes that make up the Esher, Elmbridge, KT10 8NP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450325658
- 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
- 244
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 12 June 2004
10 m awayRef 200445EL54658
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 12 December 2003
17 m awayRef 200345EL46730
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 15 May 2007
17 m awayRef 200745EL04325
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 13 April 2004
17 m awayRef 200445EL52084
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 15 February 2024
17 m awayRef 2024451410579
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 18 August 2004
26 m awayRef 200445SP58613
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2018450325658 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.