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A217 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 23 March 2001 at 09:42 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A217 in Reigate and Banstead at 09:42 on Friday 23 March 2001. The 18-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 2001
Friday, 09:42
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Renault Clio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26244, longitude -0.20051, in the KT20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Reigate, Reigate and Banstead, RH2 9RN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001450003496
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
217
Road type
Dual 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)

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 2001450003496 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 2001.