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B2028 crash in Tandridge on 3 February 1979 at 22:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B2028 in Tandridge at 22:50 on Saturday 3 February 1979. The 17-year-old male rider and a 17-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 1979
Saturday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15656, longitude -0.07052, in the RH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newchapel.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945BC00027
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2028
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197945BC00027 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tandridge road accident statistics for 1979.