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M23 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 19 December 1980 at 07:00 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the M23 in Reigate and Banstead at 07:00 on Friday 19 December 1980. The 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and the 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 4 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1980
Friday, 07:00
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22416, longitude -0.11853, 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
198045BD00474
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
23
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

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 198045BD00474 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 1980.