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A22 crash in Tandridge on 20 May 2012 at 01:57 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series, a Citroen Xsara and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A22 in Tandridge at 01:57 on Sunday 20 May 2012. The 27-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 29-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 2012
Sunday, 01:57
Vehicles
3
BMW 3 Series and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30309, longitude -0.07641, in the CR3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whyteleafe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whyteleafe, Tandridge, CR3 0AZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201245TA70628
Council area
Tandridge
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 13 January 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 201245TA70628 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 2012.