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Serious A22 crash in Tandridge on 9 June 1998 at 08:11 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and two LDV 400 Series minibuses were involved in a crash on the A22 in Tandridge at 08:11 on Tuesday 9 June 1998. There were fifteen casualties: one person was seriously injured and fourteen were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jun 1998
Tuesday, 08:11
Vehicles
3
BMW 3 Series and 2 others
Casualties
15
1 seriously injured, 14 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23499, longitude -0.04919, in the RH9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845EC00160
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
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
Raining, 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 12 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: LDV 400 Series

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: LDV 400 Series

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (15)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 3 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 14: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 15: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (LDV 400 Series)

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 199845EC00160 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.