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A24 crash in Mole Valley on 20 November 2018 at 14:00 involving a Suzuki Splash

A Suzuki Splash, a Ford Focus and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the A24 in Mole Valley at 14:00 on Tuesday 20 November 2018. The 78-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and the 73-year-old male driver of the Fiat Panda were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Nov 2018
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
3
Suzuki Splash and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23404, longitude -0.32237, in the RH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dorking. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dorking North, Mole Valley, RH4 1JY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018450803179
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
24
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Splash

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Panda)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2018450803179 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.