Serious A30 crash in Spelthorne on 19 December 1981 at 14:40 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 14:40 on Saturday 19 December 1981. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Dec 1981
- Saturday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198101LJOIG03
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 198101LJOIG03 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 1981.