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A24 crash in Mole Valley on 31 May 1987 at 08:26 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 08:26 on Sunday 31 May 1987. The 61-year-old male driver of the car and a 60-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 1987
Sunday, 08:26
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24089, longitude -0.32587, in the RH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dorking.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198745ED00178
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
2003

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198745ED00178 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 1987.