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Serious C road crash in Tandridge RH1 on 4 January 1993 at 08:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in Tandridge at 08:45 on Monday 4 January 1993. A 75-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro and the 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured and the 75-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jan 1993
Monday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19703, longitude -0.1089, in the RH1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199345EC00003
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 297 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199345EC00003 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 1993.