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A308 crash in Spelthorne on 7 December 1985 at 12:05 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A308 in Spelthorne at 12:05 on Saturday 7 December 1985. A female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 1985
Saturday, 12:05
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43195, longitude -0.50994, in the TW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Staines-upon-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501TG00643
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
308
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 198501TG00643 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.