Serious A3 crash in Elmbridge on 18 March 2022 at 15:45 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A3 in Elmbridge at 15:45 on Friday 18 March 2022. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Mar 2022
- Friday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33664, longitude -0.42218, in the KT11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cobham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 1DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022451155296
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 June 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 20 June 1982
11 m awayRef 1982010VD0597
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 2 September 1984
13 m awayRef 198401VD00872
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 21 December 1984
13 m awayRef 198401VD01343
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 1 June 1984
14 m awayRef 198401VD00525
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 9 January 1984
14 m awayRef 198401VD00020
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Elmbridge, 26 October 1984
14 m awayRef 198401VD01071
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2022451155296 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 2022.