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A308 crash in Spelthorne on 24 April 2003 at 23:40 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Volvo S40 were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 23:40 on Thursday 24 April 2003. The male driver of the Ford Mondeo and the 25-year-old male driver of the Volvo S40 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 2003
Thursday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Volvo S40
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43626, longitude -0.5, in the TW18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Staines, Spelthorne, TW18 4LT area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345RN36809
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
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

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 14 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo S40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)

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 200345RN36809 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.