A245 crash in Woking on 17 November 2020 at 12:02 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, an Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A245 in Woking at 12:02 on Tuesday 17 November 2020. The 71-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 33-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 42-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were 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
- 17 Nov 2020
- Tuesday, 12:02
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33876, longitude -0.52746, in the GU21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Byfleet, New Haw and West Byfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canalside, Woking, GU21 5SN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Woking
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020451006532
- 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
- 245
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A245 in Woking, 27 June 1986
11 m awayRef 198645NW00265
Slight
Audi SQ5 crash on the A245 in Woking, 8 July 2024
14 m awayRef 2024451464680
Slight
Alfa Romeo Giulia crash on the A245 in Woking, 17 June 2018
20 m awayRef 2018450302045
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A245 in Woking, 22 September 1993
32 m awayRef 199345NW00246
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A245 in Woking, 20 May 2021
42 m awayRef 2021451047368
Slight
Car crash on the A245 in Woking, 16 October 1981
54 m awayRef 198145CD00311
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 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 2020451006532 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 2020.