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Serious A25 crash in Tandridge on 18 December 1983 at 11:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A25 in Tandridge at 11:15 on Sunday 18 December 1983. A 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 1983
Sunday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.256, longitude 0.01591, in the RH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Limpsfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198345BC00368
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
25
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
269

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 27 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 198345BC00368 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 1983.