C road crash in Mole Valley RH6 on 21 July 1997 at 05:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on a C road in Mole Valley at 05:45 on Monday 21 July 1997. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 1997
- Monday, 05:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15486, longitude -0.22417, in the RH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Charlwood.
Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199745ED00203
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2018.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley, 12 January 2018
15 m awayRef 2018450257333
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Honda CRV crash on a C road in Mole Valley, 28 November 2010
41 m awayRef 201045MO56248
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Mole Valley, 6 October 1987
41 m awayRef 198745ER00375
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Mole Valley, 14 August 1997
45 m awayRef 199745ED00225
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Citroen ZX crash on a C road in Mole Valley, 30 September 1998
45 m awayRef 199845ED00347
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on a C road in Mole Valley, 18 September 1999
45 m awayRef 199945ED00282
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 199745ED00203 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 1997.