A30 crash in Spelthorne on 6 December 2018 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A30 in Spelthorne at 18:30 on Thursday 6 December 2018. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2018
- Thursday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44505, longitude -0.46414, in the TW15 postcode district. 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450804198
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 November 2005.
Serious
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 22 November 2005
4 m awayRef 200545SP77743
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 1 January 2025
13 m awayRef 2025451536505
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 19 July 1987
14 m awayRef 198701TG00273
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 20 October 2017
16 m awayRef 2017450234570
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 27 January 1982
18 m awayRef 1982010IW0059
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the A30 in Spelthorne, 30 January 2007
18 m awayRef 200745SP98834
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2018450804198 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.