Serious A244 crash in Spelthorne on 22 April 2005 at 14:02 involving a Rover Range Rover
Nine vehicles, including two vans and a Rover Range Rover, were involved in a crash on the A244 in Spelthorne at 14:02 on Friday 22 April 2005. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two 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
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Apr 2005
- Friday, 14:02
- Vehicles
- 9
- Rover Range Rover and 8 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40857, longitude -0.43175, in the TW17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Upper Halliford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Halliford and Sunbury West, Spelthorne, TW17 8QA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200545SP67546
- 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
- 244
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 2012.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 14 January 2012
At the same spotRef 201245SP67367
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 16 September 2005
At the same spotRef 200545SP74214
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 2 June 2012
At the same spotRef 201245SP71124
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 21 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200145NS13708
Serious
Yamaha XSR crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 22 September 2023
6 m awayRef 2023451358615
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 27 January 1998
10 m awayRef 199801TG00038
Vehicles involved (9)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,528 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 4: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 5: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 6: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 7: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,880 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 8: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 9: Mercedes
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (Car)
Casualty 4: Rider
SeriousMale, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 8 (Motorcycle)
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 200545SP67546 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 2005.