A24 crash in Mole Valley on 26 February 2016 at 10:30 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 10:30 on Friday 26 February 2016. The 48-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2016
- Friday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27004, longitude -0.32374, in the RH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mickleham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood, Mole Valley, RH5 6DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450048021
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 24
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- B
- Second road number
- 2209
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, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 8 December 1995.
Fatal
Austin Metro crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 8 December 1995
4 m awayRef 199545ED00425
Serious
Car crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 23 November 1988
4 m awayRef 198845ED00478
Slight
Car crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 2 February 1979
4 m awayRef 197945GK00014
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 23 February 1990
4 m awayRef 199045ED00076
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 12 September 2010
4 m awayRef 201045MO53746
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 25 December 2009
4 m awayRef 200945MO47617
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 48, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 2016450048021 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 2016.