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Serious B2037 crash in Tandridge on 14 April 1983 at 21:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B2037 in Tandridge at 21:45 on Thursday 14 April 1983. The 33-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Apr 1983
Thursday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15032, longitude -0.12368, in the RH6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198345BD00121
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2037
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198345BD00121 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.