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Fatal A24 crash in Mole Valley on 12 March 2004 at 18:52 involving a Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle

A Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A24 in Mole Valley at 18:52 on Friday 12 March 2004. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 40-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Mar 2004
Friday, 18:52
Vehicles
1
Honda CB600 Hornet
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22223, longitude -0.32037, in the RH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dorking. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dorking South, Mole Valley, RH4 2NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200445MO50112
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB600 Hornet

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB600 Hornet)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda CB600 Hornet)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200445MO50112 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 2004.