Serious A319 crash in Surrey Heath on 9 March 2019 at 16:45 involving a Chrysler PT Cruiser
A Chrysler PT Cruiser and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A319 in Surrey Heath at 16:45 on Saturday 9 March 2019. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Mar 2019
- Saturday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chrysler PT Cruiser and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34705, longitude -0.60799, in the GU24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Windlesham & Chobham, Surrey Heath, GU24 8NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019450821940
- 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
- 319
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A319 in Surrey Heath, 27 June 1989
5 m awayRef 198945NW00270
Serious
Proton Persona crash on the A319 in Surrey Heath, 7 February 1999
9 m awayRef 199945NC00050
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A319 in Surrey Heath, 15 July 2014
20 m awayRef 2014450016764
Slight
Yamaha XT 600 crash on the A319 in Surrey Heath, 16 August 2013
51 m awayRef 2013450008528
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A319 in Surrey Heath, 4 May 1998
58 m awayRef 199845NC00202
Serious
Van crash on the A319 in Surrey Heath, 22 June 2022
61 m awayRef 2022451191890
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chrysler PT Cruiser
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,429 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chrysler PT Cruiser)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2019450821940 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.