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Serious A318 crash in Woking on 7 August 2025 at 16:15 involving a Benelli BN motorcycle

A Benelli BN motorcycle, a Volkswagen Golf and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A318 in Woking at 16:15 on Thursday 7 August 2025. The 18-year-old male rider of the Benelli BN motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 2025
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
3
Benelli BN and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34731, longitude -0.48084, in the KT14 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 Byfleet and West Byfleet, Woking, KT14 7AN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025451626537
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
318
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Benelli BN

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 3: Honda Civic

    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
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Benelli BN)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025451626537 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 2025.