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Serious A22 crash in Tandridge on 24 June 1989 at 15:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A22 in Tandridge at 15:45 on Saturday 24 June 1989. A 21-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured and an 18-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jun 1989
Saturday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25969, longitude -0.06391, in the RH9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198945EC00212
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
25

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198945EC00212 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 1989.