Unclassified road crash in Reigate and Banstead RH1 on 27 February 2018 at 10:10 involving a Jaguar XK Series
A Jaguar XK Series and a Mercedes Vito van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead at 10:10 on Tuesday 27 February 2018. The 51-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2018
- Tuesday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XK Series and Mercedes Vito
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21413, longitude -0.15445, in the RH1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horley East & Salfords, Reigate and Banstead, RH1 5JX 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
- 2018450271938
- 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
- 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
- Snowing with 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 7 December 2013.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead, 7 December 2013
1 m awayRef 2013450011900
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead, 11 April 1986
2 m awayRef 198645ER00114
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead, 8 September 2013
4 m awayRef 2013450008966
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead, 2 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025451662546
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead, 23 August 2011
8 m awayRef 201145RE63681
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead, 2 July 2012
8 m awayRef 201245TA72047
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XK Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,980 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Vito)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018450271938 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 2018.