A23 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 9 March 2017 at 05:50 involving a Volkswagen Touran
A Volkswagen Touran and a Honda CBF125M motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A23 in Reigate and Banstead at 05:50 on Thursday 9 March 2017. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Mar 2017
- Thursday, 05:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Touran and Honda CBF125M
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29134, longitude -0.1546, in the CR5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hooley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hooley, Merstham & Netherne, Reigate and Banstead, CR5 3EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450163151
- Council area
- Reigate and Banstead
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 23
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
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 8 September 2023.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A23 in Reigate and Banstead, 8 September 2023
1 m awayRef 2023451350540
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the A23 in Reigate and Banstead, 13 December 2005
4 m awayRef 200545RE78057
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A23 in Reigate and Banstead, 6 November 1985
4 m awayRef 198501ZP01215
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A23 in Reigate and Banstead, 11 April 2017
4 m awayRef 2017450174260
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A23 in Reigate and Banstead, 25 August 2015
6 m awayRef 2015450028903
Serious
Toyota Previa crash on the A23 in Reigate and Banstead, 8 May 2001
7 m awayRef 200145ME05615
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBF125M)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017450163151 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 2017.