A30 crash in Spelthorne on 12 March 2014 at 17:44 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Five vehicles, including two cars and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 17:44 on Wednesday 12 March 2014. The 53-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 39-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2014
- Wednesday, 17:44
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Corsa and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44059, longitude -0.51192, in the TW18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014450013856
- 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
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 October 1992.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 26 October 1992
13 m awayRef 199201TG00425
Fatal
Car crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 23 April 1983
22 m awayRef 1983010IW0267
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 16 June 1985
23 m awayRef 198501TG00283
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 28 May 2004
52 m awayRef 200445SP54670
Slight
Scooter crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 28 March 1986
54 m awayRef 198601TG00125
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 14 May 1997
72 m awayRef 199701TG00235
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 5 (Ford Transit)
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 2014450013856 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 2014.