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Fatal A217 crash in Mole Valley on 21 August 1983 at 23:30 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A217 in Mole Valley at 23:30 on Sunday 21 August 1983. The 45-year-old male driver of the car was killed and the 55-year-old male driver of the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Aug 1983
Sunday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17016, longitude -0.18968, in the RH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hookwood.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198345BD00303
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
217
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

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 198345BD00303 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mole Valley road accident statistics for 1983.