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A22 crash in Tandridge on 24 January 2003 at 05:51 involving a Mazda 121

A Mazda 121 crashed on the A22 in Tandridge at 05:51 on Friday 24 January 2003. The 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 2003
Friday, 05:51
Vehicles
1
Mazda 121
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14677, longitude -0.04231, in the RH19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newchapel. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dormansland & Felbridge, Tandridge, RH19 2ET area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345RE33097
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 121

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,489 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 121)

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 200345RE33097 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 2003.