B2036 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 20 September 2003 at 18:25 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B2036 in Reigate and Banstead at 18:25 on Saturday 20 September 2003. The 73-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, a 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2003
- Saturday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17421, longitude -0.15917, in the RH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horley Central & South, Reigate and Banstead, RH6 7JF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200345RE42726
- Council area
- Reigate and Banstead
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2036
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 25 February 1997.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B2036 in Reigate and Banstead, 25 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199745ER00043
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B2036 in Reigate and Banstead, 6 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199945ER00143
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B2036 in Reigate and Banstead, 31 March 2001
At the same spotRef 2001450003786
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B2036 in Reigate and Banstead, 28 October 2004
At the same spotRef 200445RE60062
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B2036 in Reigate and Banstead, 25 January 2010
At the same spotRef 201045RE48293
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B2036 in Reigate and Banstead, 29 September 2009
At the same spotRef 200945RE44436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200345RE42726 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 2003.