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Serious A308 crash in Spelthorne on 27 March 2003 at 19:50 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo, a Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 19:50 on Thursday 27 March 2003. The 19-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo, the 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 2003
Thursday, 19:50
Vehicles
3
Citroen Saxo and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42542, longitude -0.46828, in the TW15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Staines South, Spelthorne, TW18 1QQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345RE35476
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
308
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    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 200345RE35476 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 2003.