A317 crash in Elmbridge on 10 May 2023 at 17:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Mitsubishi Asx and a car were involved in a crash on the A317 in Elmbridge at 17:30 on Wednesday 10 May 2023. The 48-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 56-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2023
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36524, longitude -0.43483, in the KT13 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 Oatlands and Burwood Park, Elmbridge, KT13 9SR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023451305960
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 317
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 1980.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A317 in Elmbridge, 24 January 1980
1 m awayRef 198045AW00010
Serious
MG HS crash on the A317 in Elmbridge, 3 October 2025
5 m awayRef 2025451649647
Slight
Van crash on the A317 in Elmbridge, 19 May 1989
10 m awayRef 198945NA05229
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A317 in Elmbridge, 9 June 2002
10 m awayRef 200245RN23243
Slight
Car crash on the A317 in Elmbridge, 15 April 1989
10 m awayRef 198945NA05167
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A317 in Elmbridge, 10 August 1984
13 m awayRef 198445AW00175
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Asx
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 56 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- 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 2023451305960 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 2023.