B270 crash in Tandridge on 21 May 2006 at 15:26 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry
A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the B270 in Tandridge at 15:26 on Sunday 21 May 2006. The 47-year-old female driver of the Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry, a female passenger in the car and the 47-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2006
- Sunday, 15:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland DAF FA 45 and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31095, longitude -0.07292, in the CR6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Warlingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whyteleafe, Tandridge, CR3 0AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200645TA85694
- Council area
- Tandridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 270
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 slight injury crash on 10 April 1998.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B270 in Tandridge, 10 April 1998
10 m awayRef 199845EC00101
Slight
Car crash on the B270 in Tandridge, 26 August 1988
10 m awayRef 198845EC00273
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B270 in Tandridge, 23 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200845TA33326
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the B270 in Tandridge, 24 September 1991
14 m awayRef 199145EC00290
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B270 in Tandridge, 2 October 2025
16 m awayRef 2025451649400
Slight
Car crash on the B270 in Tandridge, 17 December 2006
20 m awayRef 200645TA96405
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200645TA85694 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 2006.