A243 crash in Mole Valley on 9 September 2018 at 18:17 involving a car
A car and two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A243 in Mole Valley at 18:17 on Sunday 9 September 2018. The 57-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 and a 53-year-old female passenger on vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 2018
- Sunday, 18:17
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3034, longitude -0.32309, in the KT22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leatherhead North, Mole Valley, KT22 7EZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450325810
- 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
- 243
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 243
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 1995.
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 26 February 1995
6 m awayRef 199545ED00055
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 3 August 1996
6 m awayRef 199645ED00300
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 21 January 2008
6 m awayRef 200845MO17491
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 18 November 2003
6 m awayRef 200345MO45527
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 21 August 1996
6 m awayRef 199645ED00332
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 29 April 2013
6 m awayRef 2013450005655
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,450 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,450 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018450325810 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.