A24 crash in Epsom and Ewell on 18 April 2018 at 18:11 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A24 in Epsom and Ewell at 18:11 on Wednesday 18 April 2018. The 19-year-old female driver of the Skoda Fabia and the 24-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Apr 2018
- Wednesday, 18:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33983, longitude -0.25527, in the KT17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Nonsuch, Epsom and Ewell, KT17 3JP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epsom and Ewell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450288747
- Council area
- Epsom and Ewell
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 288
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 2014.
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A24 in Epsom and Ewell, 28 September 2014
1 m awayRef 2014450018397
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on the A24 in Epsom and Ewell, 24 March 2021
2 m awayRef 2021451030519
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B288 in Epsom and Ewell, 6 March 2020
5 m awayRef 2020450950594
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Epsom and Ewell, 1 June 1983
6 m awayRef 1983010ZP0607
Slight
Lexus IS220 crash on the A24 in Epsom and Ewell, 7 May 2010
6 m awayRef 201045EP50923
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A24 in Epsom and Ewell, 14 December 1982
6 m awayRef 1982010ZP1555
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2018450288747 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epsom and Ewell road accident statistics for 2018.