Serious A30 crash in Spelthorne on 25 April 2018 at 13:45 involving a bicycle
A bicycle crashed on the A30 in Spelthorne at 13:45 on Wednesday 25 April 2018. The 57-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Apr 2018
- Wednesday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44274, longitude -0.47488, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450288916
- 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
- 40 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2020.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 10 December 2020
9 m awayRef 2020451006848
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 24 October 2003
9 m awayRef 200345MA44473
Slight
Bus crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 16 May 1990
10 m awayRef 199001TG00215
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 30 January 2014
11 m awayRef 2014450012891
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 2 June 2010
13 m awayRef 201045SP51535
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 12 November 2006
13 m awayRef 200645SP94773
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 57, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- 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 2018450288916 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 2018.