A30 crash in Surrey Heath on 17 January 2019 at 18:20 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo, a Vauxhall Corsa and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath at 18:20 on Thursday 17 January 2019. The 55-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2019
- Thursday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Combo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32512, longitude -0.76415, in the GU15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Watchetts, Surrey Heath, GU15 2QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019450808730
- Council area
- Surrey Heath
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2021.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A331 in Surrey Heath, 31 August 2021
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Serious
Audi A1 crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 17 October 2019
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Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 12 February 2020
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Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 25 November 2003
49 m awayRef 200345SU45666
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Surrey Heath, 16 April 2001
79 m awayRef 200145WF04504
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 1 Series)
- 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 2019450808730 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Surrey Heath road accident statistics for 2019.