B289 crash in Epsom and Ewell on 18 December 2015 at 12:38 involving a Volkswagen Eos
A Volkswagen Eos and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell at 12:38 on Friday 18 December 2015. The 57-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Eos and the 34-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2015
- Friday, 12:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Eos and Volkswagen Tiguan
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32149, longitude -0.25853, 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
- 2015450036815
- 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
- Crossroads
- 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 serious injury crash on 10 October 2025.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 10 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025451653050
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 20 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025451671367
Slight
Hyundai Matrix crash on an unclassified road in Epsom and Ewell, 22 May 2018
2 m awayRef 2018450295711
Fatal
Car crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 17 April 1988
3 m awayRef 198801ZP00396
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 16 September 2009
3 m awayRef 200945EP43620
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 13 August 2010
3 m awayRef 201045EP53180
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Eos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Eos)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
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 2015450036815 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 2015.