M23 crash in Tandridge on 7 April 2005 at 06:47 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Ford Transit van and a Mercedes 300 van were involved in a crash on the M23 in Tandridge at 06:47 on Thursday 7 April 2005. The 36-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 57-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2005
- Thursday, 06:47
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1774, longitude -0.12786, in the RH6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burstow, Horne & Outwood, Tandridge, RH6 9NU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200545TA66592
- Council area
- Tandridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1990.
Slight
Renault 25 crash on the M23 in Tandridge, 18 June 1990
14 m awayRef 199045ER00259
Fatal
Car crash on the M23 in Tandridge, 27 February 1985
14 m awayRef 198545ER00060
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M23 in Tandridge, 26 February 1996
20 m awayRef 199645EM00014
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the M23 in Tandridge, 25 September 2025
45 m awayRef 2025451646582
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead, 2 June 1980
50 m awayRef 198045BD00211
Serious
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Tandridge, 14 March 2001
58 m awayRef 2001450003340
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes 300
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,874 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 200545TA66592 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 2005.