A30 crash in Spelthorne on 2 September 2018 at 23:37 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Captur were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 23:37 on Sunday 2 September 2018. The 26-year-old male driver of the Renault Captur and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Renault Captur were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2018
- Sunday, 23:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Captur
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43683, longitude -0.49959, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450325373
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 308
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 2 June 2018
1 m awayRef 2018450298741
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 20 January 2013
1 m awayRef 2013450002248
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 26 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016450143793
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 25 September 2014
3 m awayRef 2014450018330
Serious
Volkswagen Touareg crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 25 March 2022
3 m awayRef 2022451158315
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 26 March 2016
3 m awayRef 2016450055182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Captur
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Captur)
- 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 2018450325373 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.