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Fatal B2033 crash in Mole Valley on 25 December 1979 at 17:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B2033 in Mole Valley at 17:55 on Tuesday 25 December 1979. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 17:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28277, longitude -0.29954, in the KT22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197945GL00238
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2033
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 February 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 197945GL00238 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mole Valley road accident statistics for 1979.