Serious M25 crash in Spelthorne on 10 December 2017 at 20:19 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Zafira and an Audi A1, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Spelthorne at 20:19 on Sunday 10 December 2017. A 48-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira was seriously injured and the 67-year-old male driver of the Audi A1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 20:19
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Zafira and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44393, longitude -0.5306, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450248388
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Slip road
- 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
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 30
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2002.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 30 December 2002
6 m awayRef 200245RN32854
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 10 May 2004
6 m awayRef 200445SP52915
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 3 July 2004
6 m awayRef 200445SP55449
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 12 March 2004
6 m awayRef 200445SP50277
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 10 August 1992
6 m awayRef 199201TG00312
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 28 April 1999
6 m awayRef 199901TG00153
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017450248388 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.