B378 crash in Spelthorne on 8 April 2002 at 17:45 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205, a Ford Escort and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the B378 in Spelthorne at 17:45 on Monday 8 April 2002. The male driver of the Peugeot 205, the male driver of the Ford Escort and the male driver of the Peugeot 307 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
- 8 Apr 2002
- Monday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 205 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42537, longitude -0.45088, in the TW15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford Common. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashford Common, Spelthorne, TW15 1LE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200245RN20899
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 378
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 9 September 2001.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 9 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200145SP11393
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 13 November 1994
At the same spotRef 199401TG00435
Slight
Car crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 11 October 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010IW0748
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 1 December 2021
10 m awayRef 2021451116351
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 17 December 2025
10 m awayRef 2025451684451
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A1 in Spelthorne, 11 September 2020
14 m awayRef 2020450980158
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 307)
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 200245RN20899 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.