A308 crash in Spelthorne on 29 April 2012 at 22:02 involving a Skoda Superb
A Skoda Superb and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 22:02 on Sunday 29 April 2012. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a flooded dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2012
- Sunday, 22:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Superb and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42302, longitude -0.45024, 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
- 201245SU70271
- 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
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Flood over 3cm deep
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 14 April 1986
10 m awayRef 198601TG00152
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 16 December 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010IW0953
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 20 March 2014
20 m awayRef 2014450014061
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 30 October 1998
20 m awayRef 199801TG00408
Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 29 November 2019
21 m awayRef 2019450903741
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 30 June 1982
28 m awayRef 1982010IW0465
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 88 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201245SU70271 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.