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Serious unclassified road crash in Reigate and Banstead RH1 on 16 March 2023 at 17:15 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reigate and Banstead at 17:15 on Thursday 16 March 2023. The 42-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Mar 2023
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19672, longitude -0.16332, in the RH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salfords. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horley East & Salfords, Reigate and Banstead, RH1 5DB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023451289397
Council area
Reigate and Banstead
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    42 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2023451289397 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.