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Serious M25 crash in Tandridge on 29 June 1996 at 04:35 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton, a taxi and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the M25 in Tandridge at 04:35 on Saturday 29 June 1996. A 25-year-old female passenger in the taxi and the 46-year-old male driver of the taxi were seriously injured and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jun 1996
Saturday, 04:35
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Carlton and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26129, longitude -0.11759, 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
199645EM00073
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
25
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
23

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 2 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 46, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 199645EM00073 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 1996.