A308 crash in Spelthorne on 2 December 2015 at 23:50 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1 and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 23:50 on Wednesday 2 December 2015. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C1 and the 19-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 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
- 2 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C1 and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42056, longitude -0.4295, in the TW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford Common. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sunbury Common, Spelthorne, TW16 7DL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450036460
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 244
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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 2013.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 28 March 2013
1 m awayRef 2013450004859
Slight
Car crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 7 January 2005
1 m awayRef 200545SP63067
Slight
Lexus RX400 crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 29 May 2016
1 m awayRef 2016450081130
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 22 March 2010
1 m awayRef 201045SP50035
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 27 March 2003
1 m awayRef 200345RN35436
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 15 April 2011
1 m awayRef 201145SP60100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)
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 2015450036460 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 2015.