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A232 crash in Epsom and Ewell on 29 June 2003 at 22:25 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A232 in Epsom and Ewell at 22:25 on Sunday 29 June 2003. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 18-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jun 2003
Sunday, 22:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34547, longitude -0.23761, in the KT17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ewell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nonsuch, Epsom and Ewell, KT17 3EP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345RN39617
Council area
Epsom and Ewell
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
232
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 200345RN39617 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epsom and Ewell road accident statistics for 2003.