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A242 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 7 September 1982 at 16:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the A242 in Reigate and Banstead at 16:50 on Tuesday 7 September 1982. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Sep 1982
Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24903, longitude -0.18401, in the RH2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198245BD00333
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
242
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198245BD00333 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 1982.