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A24 crash in Mole Valley on 23 January 2003 at 08:03 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Honda Concerto were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 08:03 on Thursday 23 January 2003. The 23-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro and the 82-year-old male driver of the Honda Concerto were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jan 2003
Thursday, 08:03
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Honda Concerto
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27021, longitude -0.32393, in the RH5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood, Mole Valley, RH5 6DN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345RE32896
Council area
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
24

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Concerto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    82 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Concerto)

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 200345RE32896 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 2003.