Unclassified road crash in Epsom and Ewell KT18 on 22 May 2018 at 16:03 involving a Hyundai Matrix
A Hyundai Matrix and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epsom and Ewell at 16:03 on Tuesday 22 May 2018. The 49-year-old female driver of the Mazda MX-5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2018
- Tuesday, 16:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Matrix and Mazda MX-5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32147, longitude -0.25849, in the KT18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Epsom. It is one of the crashes that make up the College, Epsom and Ewell, KT17 4NB 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
- 2018450295711
- Council area
- Epsom and Ewell
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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 slight injury crash on 13 August 2010.
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 13 August 2010
1 m awayRef 201045EP53180
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 10 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025451653050
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 20 November 2025
1 m awayRef 2025451671367
Fatal
Car crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 17 April 1988
1 m awayRef 198801ZP00396
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 8 February 2000
1 m awayRef 200001ZP00160
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B289 in Epsom and Ewell, 16 September 2009
1 m awayRef 200945EP43620
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Matrix
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-5
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-5)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2018450295711 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.