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Serious A2003 crash in Mole Valley on 23 September 1996 at 22:10 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A2003 in Mole Valley at 22:10 on Monday 23 September 1996. The 83-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 1996
Monday, 22:10
Vehicles
2
Toyota Corolla and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22417, longitude -0.33292, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199645ED00367
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2003
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,166 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199645ED00367 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 1996.