C road crash in Mole Valley KT22 on 18 September 2008 at 13:15 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Mole Valley at 13:15 on Thursday 18 September 2008. The 32-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR900RR motorcycle and a 35-year-old male passenger on the Honda CBR900RR motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2008
- Thursday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Honda CBR900RR
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30952, longitude -0.35019, in the KT22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leatherhead North, Mole Valley, KT22 0BP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845MO28738
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- A
- Second road number
- 245
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A245 in Mole Valley, 11 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200545MO76252
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A245 in Mole Valley, 5 March 1986
At the same spotRef 198645ED00057
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A245 in Mole Valley, 15 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200645MO82757
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A245 in Mole Valley, 20 May 2009
At the same spotRef 200945MO39040
Serious
Car crash on the A245 in Mole Valley, 6 March 1986
At the same spotRef 198645ED00058
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A245 in Mole Valley, 10 March 2003
At the same spotRef 200345MO34763
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR900RR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 918 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR900RR)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR900RR)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200845MO28738 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 2008.