A308 crash in Spelthorne on 6 February 2012 at 06:45 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A bicycle and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 06:45 on Monday 6 February 2012. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2012
- Monday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43347, longitude -0.51362, in the TW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Staines-upon-Thames. 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
- 201245SP67909
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 376
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 3 July 1986.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 3 July 1986
At the same spotRef 198601TG00302
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 31 October 1994
At the same spotRef 199401TG00409
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 2 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501TG00502
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 6 November 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010IW0825
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 25 January 1997
At the same spotRef 199701TG00025
Slight
Dennis crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 14 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200345RN39831
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 33, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 201245SP67909 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 2012.