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A308 crash in Spelthorne on 22 July 1998 at 19:21 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 19:21 on Wednesday 22 July 1998. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jul 1998
Wednesday, 19:21
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42196, longitude -0.44066, in the TW15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford Common.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801TG00249
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
308
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 10 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 199801TG00249 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 1998.