A243 crash in Mole Valley on 16 October 2018 at 06:05 involving a Skoda Superb
A bicycle and a Skoda Superb were involved in a crash on the A243 in Mole Valley at 06:05 on Tuesday 16 October 2018. The 55-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2018
- Tuesday, 06:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31592, longitude -0.33102, in the KT22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leatherhead North, Mole Valley, KT22 7QJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450800898
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 243
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 244
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2012.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 15 February 2012
4 m awayRef 201245MO68259
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 29 July 1996
4 m awayRef 199645ED00299
Slight
Car crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 13 August 1983
6 m awayRef 198345GL00126
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 25 June 1989
6 m awayRef 198945ED00247
Serious
Hyundai i30 crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 26 April 2022
6 m awayRef 2022451170119
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 20 December 2018
7 m awayRef 2018450804526
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- 55 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 55, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2018450800898 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.