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Serious A244 crash in Mole Valley on 25 January 1983 at 11:35 involving a van

A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A244 in Mole Valley at 11:35 on Tuesday 25 January 1983. The 33-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jan 1983
Tuesday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Van and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3136, longitude -0.33557, in the KT22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leatherhead.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198345GL00012
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
244
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198345GL00012 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.