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Unclassified road crash in Reigate and Banstead RH1 on 17 August 1979 at 15:35 involving a van

A van and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead at 15:35 on Friday 17 August 1979. The 40-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1979
Friday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Van and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21421, longitude -0.15445, in the RH1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945BD00307
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197945BD00307 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 1979.