B3379 crash in Elmbridge on 20 December 2018 at 16:45 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B3379 in Elmbridge at 16:45 on Thursday 20 December 2018. The 67-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2018
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39458, longitude -0.34958, in the KT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Molesey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thames Ditton, Elmbridge, KT7 0YR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450808756
- 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
- 3379
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the B3379 in Elmbridge, 19 March 1988
26 m awayRef 198801VD00308
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B3379 in Elmbridge, 21 December 1994
37 m awayRef 199401VK01027
Serious
Hyundai i30 crash on an unclassified road in Elmbridge, 20 February 2021
41 m awayRef 2021451022890
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3379 in Elmbridge, 11 December 1990
46 m awayRef 199001VK01123
Slight
Car crash on the B3379 in Elmbridge, 3 October 1985
46 m awayRef 198501VD00950
Slight
Car crash on the B3379 in Elmbridge, 4 September 1985
46 m awayRef 198501VD00833
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018450808756 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.