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Unclassified road crash in Tandridge RH9 on 11 November 1997 at 08:40 involving a Volvo 740

A Volvo 740 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tandridge at 08:40 on Tuesday 11 November 1997. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 740 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Volvo 740 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2354, longitude -0.06321, in the RH9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199745EC00362
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 740)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199745EC00362 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.