A25 crash in Tandridge on 12 November 2018 at 16:23 involving a Mercedes lorry
A Mercedes lorry, a Ford Focus and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the A25 in Tandridge at 16:23 on Monday 12 November 2018. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 2018
- Monday, 16:23
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25587, longitude 0.01774, in the RH8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Limpsfield, Tandridge, RH8 0EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450801330
- Council area
- Tandridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Single 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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 serious injury crash on 22 June 1991.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A25 in Tandridge, 22 June 1991
4 m awayRef 199145EC00185
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A25 in Tandridge, 25 August 1997
10 m awayRef 199745EC00273
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A25 in Tandridge, 13 March 1998
18 m awayRef 199845EC00077
Slight
Van crash on the A25 in Tandridge, 6 March 1981
19 m awayRef 198145BC00060
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A25 in Tandridge, 9 July 1995
24 m awayRef 199545EC00196
Slight
Car crash on the A25 in Tandridge, 7 September 1990
28 m awayRef 199045EC00284
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018450801330 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tandridge road accident statistics for 2018.