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A30 crash in Spelthorne on 17 December 2002 at 17:15 involving a Mazda MX-5

A Mazda MX-5 and a Toyota Camry were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 17:15 on Tuesday 17 December 2002. A female passenger in the Toyota Camry and the 32-year-old male driver of the Toyota Camry were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Mazda MX-5 and Toyota Camry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44223, longitude -0.53118, in the TW19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury, Windsor and Maidenhead, TW19 6HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200245OF32036
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, lighting unknown
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 26 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,840 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Camry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,959 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Camry)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Camry)

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 200245OF32036 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 2002.