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Unclassified road crash in Reigate and Banstead RH1 on 8 September 2014 at 08:25 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead at 08:25 on Monday 8 September 2014. The 25-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was 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
8 Sep 2014
Monday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21232, longitude -0.15455, in the RH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redhill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horley East & Salfords, Reigate and Banstead, RH1 5JX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014450017978
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
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
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 2014450017978 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 2014.