Unclassified road crash in Tandridge RH8 on 4 July 2023 at 09:53 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tandridge at 09:53 on Tuesday 4 July 2023. The 56-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 57-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2023
- Tuesday, 09:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23888, longitude 0.01523, in the RH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxted.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023451325849
- Council area
- Tandridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- T or staggered 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2013.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Tandridge, 6 January 2013
5 m awayRef 2013450002391
Slight
Ford Granada crash on a C road in Tandridge, 23 September 1992
8 m awayRef 199245EC00312
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on a C road in Tandridge, 9 December 2013
55 m awayRef 2013450011473
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Tandridge, 31 May 1985
77 m awayRef 198545EC00110
Slight
Honda Anc crash on an unclassified road in Tandridge, 20 October 2025
87 m awayRef 2025451656878
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Tandridge, 27 October 2000
104 m awayRef 200045EC00328
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2023451325849 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 2023.