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Serious C road crash in Spelthorne TW16 on 2 December 2000 at 22:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on a C road in Spelthorne at 22:00 on Saturday 2 December 2000. The 24-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 34-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 2000
Saturday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4101, longitude -0.38525, in the TW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunbury-on-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200045SP00890
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 200045SP00890 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 2000.