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Serious A25 crash in Tandridge on 19 July 2003 at 13:10 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle, a Piaggio motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A25 in Tandridge at 13:10 on Saturday 19 July 2003. The 22-year-old male rider of the Piaggio motorcycle was seriously injured and the 27-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and the 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jul 2003
Saturday, 13:10
Vehicles
3
Suzuki and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25323, longitude -0.01457, in the RH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxted. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxted North, Tandridge, RH8 9JQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345SR40079
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
25
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
C

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 22 November 2011.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)

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 200345SR40079 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.