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B376 crash in Spelthorne on 15 May 1997 at 17:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen Golf and a Fiat Uno, were involved in a crash on the B376 in Spelthorne at 17:15 on Thursday 15 May 1997. The 18-year-old female driver of the Fiat Uno, the 50-year-old female driver of the car and the 59-year-old female driver of the Volvo 340 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 May 1997
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
4
Volkswagen Golf and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40813, longitude -0.48958, in the TW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Laleham.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701TG00192
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
376
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 slight injury crash on 13 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 4: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volvo 340)

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 199701TG00192 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 1997.