B288 crash in Epsom and Ewell on 13 May 1985 at 12:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B288 in Epsom and Ewell at 12:15 on Monday 13 May 1985. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 1985
- Monday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33785, longitude -0.25343, in the KT17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Epsom.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501ZP00488
- Council area
- Epsom and Ewell
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 288
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 288
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 26 November 2015.
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the B288 in Epsom and Ewell, 26 November 2015
14 m awayRef 2015450033971
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the B288 in Epsom and Ewell, 17 February 2005
14 m awayRef 200545EP65079
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Epsom and Ewell, 11 January 1986
14 m awayRef 198601ZP00045
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Epsom and Ewell, 2 August 1982
42 m awayRef 1982010ZP0886
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Epsom and Ewell, 1 May 2007
81 m awayRef 200745EP03809
Slight
Suzuki Splash crash on the B288 in Epsom and Ewell, 7 November 2022
139 m awayRef 2022451239334
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198501ZP00488 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epsom and Ewell road accident statistics for 1985.