Serious B2221 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 17 February 2023 at 11:00 involving a Kia Picanto
A Kia Picanto and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the B2221 in Reigate and Banstead at 11:00 on Friday 17 February 2023. The 60-year-old female driver of the Kia Picanto was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Feb 2023
- Friday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Picanto and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31203, longitude -0.24292, in the KT18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tadworth and Epsom Downs. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodcote & Langley Vale, Epsom and Ewell, KT18 5PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023451277600
- Council area
- Reigate and Banstead
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2221
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 1994.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B290 in Epsom and Ewell, 23 September 1994
61 m awayRef 199401ZP00924
Serious
Honda NSC50WH crash on the B2221 in Reigate and Banstead, 6 December 2018
64 m awayRef 2018450803169
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B2221 in Reigate and Banstead, 2 May 1995
129 m awayRef 199501ZP00436
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B290 in Epsom and Ewell, 19 November 2025
129 m awayRef 2025451670884
Slight
Car crash on the B290 in Epsom and Ewell, 7 July 2001
133 m awayRef 200145EM08370
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B290 in Reigate and Banstead, 24 March 1985
138 m awayRef 198501ZP00284
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2023451277600 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 2023.