B378 crash in Spelthorne on 13 April 1985 at 15:15 involving a van
A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B378 in Spelthorne at 15:15 on Saturday 13 April 1985. The 24-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Apr 1985
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44465, longitude -0.47701, in the TW19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501TG00168
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 378
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 48 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 2 February 2020
48 m awayRef 2020450926190
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 26 May 2017
49 m awayRef 2017450188870
Slight
Honda HR-V crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 27 September 2025
54 m awayRef 2025451647325
Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 2 September 2025
58 m awayRef 2025451636502
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 18 May 1983
63 m awayRef 1983010IW0340
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 4 July 2003
73 m awayRef 200345RN39822
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 198501TG00168 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 1985.