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Serious A30 crash in Spelthorne on 11 July 2001 at 14:31 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 14:31 on Wednesday 11 July 2001. The 44-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jul 2001
Wednesday, 14:31
Vehicles
2
Volvo 240 and Honda
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44016, longitude -0.50937, in the TW18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200145NS09118
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    2,315 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 200145NS09118 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 2001.