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B269 crash in Tandridge on 1 December 1981 at 16:50 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B269 in Tandridge at 16:50 on Tuesday 1 December 1981. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 1981
Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24893, longitude 0.03007, in the RH8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198145BC00366
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
269
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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198145BC00366 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 1981.