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A25 crash in Tandridge on 8 October 1997 at 16:40 involving a Vauxhall Nova

Five vehicles, including a car and a Vauxhall Nova, were involved in a crash on the A25 in Tandridge at 16:40 on Wednesday 8 October 1997. The 24-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Nova, the 23-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Vitara and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 16:40
Vehicles
5
Vauxhall Nova and 4 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23982, longitude -0.12477, in the RH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Nutfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199745EC00324
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
25
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,195 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 5: Renault Clio

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Suzuki Vitara)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199745EC00324 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 1997.