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B288 crash in Epsom and Ewell on 23 February 2008 at 23:04 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B288 in Epsom and Ewell at 23:04 on Saturday 23 February 2008. The 75-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Feb 2008
Saturday, 23:04
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31713, longitude -0.24286, in the KT17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodcote & Langley Vale, Epsom and Ewell, KT18 5PP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Epsom and Ewell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200845EP19543
Council area
Epsom and Ewell
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
288
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
284

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no 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 4 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 200845EP19543 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epsom and Ewell road accident statistics for 2008.