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A308 crash in Spelthorne on 29 December 2008 at 18:00 involving a Ford Galaxy

A Ford Galaxy and a Porsche 911 were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 18:00 on Monday 29 December 2008. The 35-year-old male driver of the Porsche 911 and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Porsche 911 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 2008
Monday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Galaxy and Porsche 911
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42301, longitude -0.44895, in the TW15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashford Common, Spelthorne, TW15 1LE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200845EL33994
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
378

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 slight injury crash on 13 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Porsche 911

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    3,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol and LPG
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Porsche 911)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Porsche 911)

    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 200845EL33994 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 2008.