B378 crash in Spelthorne on 21 March 2007 at 11:34 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B378 in Spelthorne at 11:34 on Wednesday 21 March 2007. A male passenger in the Dennis bus was 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
- 21 Mar 2007
- Wednesday, 11:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44386, longitude -0.47558, in the TW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashford North and Stanwell South, Spelthorne, TW15 3AA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200745SP01100
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 30
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 1989.
Serious
Car crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 28 November 1989
At the same spotRef 198901TG00521
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 30 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TG00188
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 11 December 2008
At the same spotRef 200845SP34383
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 2 January 2003
At the same spotRef 200345MA32718
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 8 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200545SP76788
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 7 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200645SP82349
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 200745SP01100 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 2007.