A308 crash in Spelthorne on 1 February 2023 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda SH 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A308 in Spelthorne at 18:30 on Wednesday 1 February 2023. The 34-year-old male rider of the Honda SH 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2023
- Wednesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Honda SH 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43607, longitude -0.50319, 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
- 2023451271147
- 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
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 October 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 5 October 1985
2 m awayRef 198501TG00515
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 12 January 1990
2 m awayRef 199001TG00017
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 17 July 2013
4 m awayRef 2013450007566
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Spelthorne, 31 March 2017
6 m awayRef 2017450175197
Slight
Motorcycle crash in Spelthorne, 16 November 1984
8 m awayRef 198401IW00854
Slight
Ford crash on the A308 in Spelthorne, 6 March 1996
13 m awayRef 199601TG00067
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda SH 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH 125)
- 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 2023451271147 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 2023.