A244 crash in Spelthorne on 4 April 2017 at 16:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen UP, were involved in a crash on the A244 in Spelthorne at 16:50 on Tuesday 4 April 2017. The 68-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen UP and the 67-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2017
- Tuesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Corsa and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38628, longitude -0.4283, in the KT13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walton Central, Elmbridge, KT13 9JH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450171695
- 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
- 244
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2017.
Slight
BMW 6 Series crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 30 August 2017
9 m awayRef 2017450216848
Slight
Car crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 18 October 1988
20 m awayRef 198845NA00413
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 2 August 2016
22 m awayRef 2016450093027
Slight
Isuzu D-Max crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 25 September 2021
26 m awayRef 2021451092489
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 17 October 2008
27 m awayRef 200845EL29853
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A244 in Elmbridge, 12 June 1996
37 m awayRef 199645NA00266
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
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
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Kia Ceed
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2017450171695 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 2017.