A30 crash in Spelthorne on 27 March 2016 at 23:25 involving a Mini Countryman
A Mini Countryman and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 23:25 on Sunday 27 March 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra, a 63-year-old female passenger in the Mini Countryman and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Mini Countryman were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2016
- Sunday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Countryman and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44218, longitude -0.52574, in the TW19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury, Windsor and Maidenhead, TW19 6HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450055073
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2012.
Slight
Mini One crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 30 November 2012
2 m awayRef 2012450001339
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 29 March 2009
12 m awayRef 200945SP37054
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 21 February 2001
25 m awayRef 200145MN02323
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 23 November 2006
25 m awayRef 200645SP95119
Slight
Lorry crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 22 March 1990
25 m awayRef 199001TG00130
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 13 July 2008
31 m awayRef 200845SP26882
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Countryman)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Countryman)
- 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 2016450055073 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 2016.