A3044 crash in Spelthorne on 5 April 2019 at 15:38 involving a Volvo lorry
Five vehicles, including a Volvo lorry and two Ford Transit vans, were involved in a crash on the A3044 in Spelthorne at 15:38 on Friday 5 April 2019. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2019
- Friday, 15:38
- Vehicles
- 5
- Volvo and 4 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4543, longitude -0.49466, in the TW19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019450829644
- 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
- 3044
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2019.
Slight
Mini One crash on the A3044 in Spelthorne, 21 October 2019
13 m awayRef 2019450890272
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A3044 in Spelthorne, 15 October 2003
51 m awayRef 200345RN43801
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A3044 in Spelthorne, 10 December 2002
60 m awayRef 200245RN30989
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A3044 in Spelthorne, 8 April 1998
73 m awayRef 199801TG00144
Fatal
Car crash on the A3044 in Spelthorne, 15 March 1982
73 m awayRef 1982010IW0152
Fatal
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A3044 in Spelthorne, 18 July 1996
74 m awayRef 199601TG00257
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 5: Ford Kuga
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019450829644 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 2019.