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M3 crash in Spelthorne on 16 November 2011 at 19:05 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car, a Ford Fiesta and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the M3 in Spelthorne at 19:05 on Wednesday 16 November 2011. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Nov 2011
Wednesday, 19:05
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41647, longitude -0.42386, in the TW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunbury-on-Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sunbury Common, Spelthorne, TW16 7DL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201145SP65850
Council area
Spelthorne
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
3

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

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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2020.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 201145SP65850 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 2011.