Unclassified road crash in Spelthorne TW19 on 19 December 2015 at 23:37 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo, a Peugeot 108 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Spelthorne at 23:37 on Saturday 19 December 2015. The 58-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 108, a 55-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 108 and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2015
- Saturday, 23:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44395, longitude -0.47549, in the TW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashford North and Stanwell South, Spelthorne, TW15 3AA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450036693
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 378
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 3 February 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 3 February 2025
1 m awayRef 2025451549975
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 30 May 1998
8 m awayRef 199801TG00188
Serious
Car crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 28 November 1989
8 m awayRef 198901TG00521
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 11 December 2008
8 m awayRef 200845SP34383
Slight
Dennis crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 21 March 2007
8 m awayRef 200745SP01100
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B378 in Spelthorne, 2 January 2003
8 m awayRef 200345MA32718
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 108
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 108)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 108)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2015450036693 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.