Unclassified road crash in Mole Valley KT23 on 17 December 2018 at 16:10 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley at 16:10 on Monday 17 December 2018. The 52-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2018
- Monday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27797, longitude -0.37305, in the KT23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Bookham and Fetcham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bookham West, Mole Valley, KT23 4DG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450804311
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2025.
Slight
Dacia Jogger crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley, 21 September 2025
9 m awayRef 2025451644760
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley, 14 October 2005
12 m awayRef 200545MO74766
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley, 22 May 2024
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Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley, 2 September 2005
24 m awayRef 200545MO72953
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Mole Valley, 4 June 2008
34 m awayRef 200845MO23546
Slight
Hillman Avenger crash on the A246 in Mole Valley, 17 July 1990
48 m awayRef 199045ED00294
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018450804311 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.