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M23 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 21 June 1991 at 22:23 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the M23 in Reigate and Banstead at 22:23 on Friday 21 June 1991. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jun 1991
Friday, 22:23
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Nissan Sunny
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16589, longitude -0.13006, in the RH6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199145ER00247
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
23
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199145ER00247 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 1991.