Serious B2033 crash in Mole Valley on 24 October 2016 at 17:32 involving an Opel
An Opel and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the B2033 in Mole Valley at 17:32 on Monday 24 October 2016. The 39-year-old male driver of the Opel was seriously injured and the 55-year-old male driver of the Saab 9-3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Oct 2016
- Monday, 17:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Opel and Saab 9-3
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27438, longitude -0.27572, in the KT18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley, Mole Valley, KT18 6LU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450119692
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2033
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 August 2006.
Serious
HGV crash on the B2033 in Mole Valley, 9 August 2006
3 m awayRef 200645MO89643
Slight
Car crash on the B2033 in Mole Valley, 22 February 1981
3 m awayRef 198145GL00032
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2033 in Mole Valley, 6 September 1991
3 m awayRef 199145ED00321
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley, 19 September 2017
4 m awayRef 2017450224051
Serious
Yamaha crash on the B2033 in Mole Valley, 10 June 1990
8 m awayRef 199045ED00233
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2033 in Mole Valley, 29 January 1991
11 m awayRef 199145ED00032
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Opel
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Opel)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9-3)
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 2016450119692 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.