A24 crash in Mole Valley on 18 March 2005 at 16:02 involving a Toyota Previa
A Toyota Previa and a Mercedes 300 van were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 16:02 on Friday 18 March 2005. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 2005
- Friday, 16:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Previa and Mercedes 300
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26994, longitude -0.32394, in the RH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mickleham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood, Mole Valley, RH5 6DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200545MO66160
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 2209
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 1989.
Serious
Car crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 26 March 1989
10 m awayRef 198945ED00097
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 18 September 1988
10 m awayRef 198845ED00359
Fatal
Austin Metro crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 8 December 1995
14 m awayRef 199545ED00425
Serious
Car crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 23 November 1988
14 m awayRef 198845ED00478
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 2 February 1979
14 m awayRef 197945GK00014
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 23 February 1990
14 m awayRef 199045ED00076
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Previa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,362 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Previa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Previa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Previa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200545MO66160 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 2005.