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Serious unclassified road crash in Tandridge RH1 on 27 March 1998 at 08:22 involving a Ford bus

A car and a Ford bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tandridge at 08:22 on Friday 27 March 1998. The 20-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 56-year-old male driver of the Ford bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 1998
Friday, 08:22
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23696, longitude -0.13176, 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
199845EC00085
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
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
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 31 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

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 199845EC00085 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 1998.