B289 crash in Epsom and Ewell on 23 December 2012 at 03:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell at 03:00 on Sunday 23 December 2012. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2012
- Sunday, 03:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32379, longitude -0.25969, in the KT18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Epsom. It is one of the crashes that make up the College, Epsom and Ewell, KT17 4NB 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
- 2012450002058
- 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
- 289
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 16 August 1988
24 m awayRef 198801ZP00820
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 10 February 2017
57 m awayRef 2017450156125
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 9 October 1987
73 m awayRef 198701ZP00975
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 8 December 2012
74 m awayRef 2012450001709
Slight
Kawasaki ZX750 crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 16 June 2004
83 m awayRef 200445EP54178
Slight
Car crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 26 January 1989
100 m awayRef 198901ZP00110
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2012450002058 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 2012.