Unclassified road crash in Spelthorne TW18 on 31 March 2017 at 09:00 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Spelthorne at 09:00 on Friday 31 March 2017. The 58-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Mar 2017
- Friday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43605, longitude -0.50326, in the TW18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Staines-upon-Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Staines, Spelthorne, TW18 4LT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450175197
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2013.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 17 July 2013
2 m awayRef 2013450007566
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 1 February 2023
6 m awayRef 2023451271147
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 12 January 1990
7 m awayRef 199001TG00017
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 5 October 1985
7 m awayRef 198501TG00515
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 7 December 2004
7 m awayRef 200445SP61708
Slight
Ford crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 6 March 1996
7 m awayRef 199601TG00067
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2017450175197 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.