Serious A30 crash in Surrey Heath on 30 January 2023 at 16:21 involving an Audi Q5
An Audi Q5 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath at 16:21 on Monday 30 January 2023. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jan 2023
- Monday, 16:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q5 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35627, longitude -0.69921, in the GU19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bagshot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bagshot, Surrey Heath, GU19 5EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023451270002
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 December 1979.
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 18 December 1979
4 m awayRef 197945CA00479
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 10 May 1991
4 m awayRef 199145NC00170
Serious
Volvo XC90 crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 12 July 2019
6 m awayRef 2019450857279
Slight
Nissan Terrano crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 9 April 2005
8 m awayRef 200545SU66678
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 22 August 1981
8 m awayRef 198145CA00297
Slight
Yamaha XJ 600 S Diversion crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath, 21 April 1999
8 m awayRef 199945NC00137
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023451270002 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 2023.