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Serious A24 crash in Mole Valley on 13 September 1995 at 20:20 involving a Renault Espace

A Renault Espace and two cars were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 20:20 on Wednesday 13 September 1995. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver of the Renault Espace was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Sep 1995
Wednesday, 20:20
Vehicles
3
Renault Espace and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27237, longitude -0.32, in the RH5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199545ED00294
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Espace

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,068 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Espace)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, 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 199545ED00294 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 1995.