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A24 crash in Mole Valley on 5 July 1998 at 14:45 involving a Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 14:45 on Sunday 5 July 1998. The male rider of the Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle, a 20-year-old male passenger on the Yamaha YZF 600 R motorcycle and the 40-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jul 1998
Sunday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YZF 600 R and Suzuki
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27165, longitude -0.32002, in the RH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mickleham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845ED00234
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF 600 R

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,135 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF 600 R)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF 600 R)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199845ED00234 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 1998.