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Serious A308 crash in Spelthorne on 23 July 1992 at 17:10 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on the A308 in Spelthorne at 17:10 on Thursday 23 July 1992. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 19-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jul 1992
Thursday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43363, longitude -0.51463, in the TW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Staines-upon-Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201TG00280
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
308
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199201TG00280 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 1992.