A24 crash in Mole Valley on 24 March 2018 at 19:47 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 19:47 on Saturday 24 March 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2018
- Saturday, 19:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Cooper and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28221, longitude -0.32696, in the KT22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leatherhead South, Mole Valley, KT22 8JD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450279075
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 246
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2016.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 5 November 2016
2 m awayRef 2016450124388
Serious
Citroen C8 crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 16 February 2016
2 m awayRef 2016450045790
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 23 October 2016
4 m awayRef 2016450120019
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 12 June 1982
4 m awayRef 198245GL00098
Serious
Daimler Double Six crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 22 September 1991
6 m awayRef 199145ED00338
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Mole Valley, 10 November 2009
6 m awayRef 200945MO45886
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- 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 2018450279075 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 2018.