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A24 crash in Mole Valley on 12 October 1998 at 07:05 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 07:05 on Monday 12 October 1998. A 25-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and the 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1998
Monday, 07:05
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28934, longitude -0.31206, in the KT22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845ED00356
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
24
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,876 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199845ED00356 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.