B378 crash in Spelthorne on 6 June 1985 at 12:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B378 in Spelthorne at 12:45 on Thursday 6 June 1985. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 26-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 1985
- Thursday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43425, longitude -0.46527, in the TW15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501TG00267
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 2024.
Serious
Ford C-Max crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 7 May 2024
6 m awayRef 2024451444087
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 27 November 2022
7 m awayRef 2022451247711
Slight
Car crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 29 March 1985
10 m awayRef 198501TG00143
Slight
Honda ANF125 crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 30 March 2012
10 m awayRef 201245SP69618
Slight
Car crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 21 April 1986
10 m awayRef 198601TG00164
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 5 December 1991
10 m awayRef 199101TG00473
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, 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 198501TG00267 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.