A244 crash in Spelthorne on 4 September 2023 at 14:35 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class hit a pedestrian on the A244 in Spelthorne at 14:35 on Monday 4 September 2023. A 17-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2023
- Monday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42796, longitude -0.42778, in the TW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sunbury-on-Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashford Common, Spelthorne, TW15 1TJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023451348723
- 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
- 244
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 June 2016.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 28 June 2016
11 m awayRef 2016450085664
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 14 March 2012
18 m awayRef 201245SP68920
Slight
Car crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 23 April 1982
26 m awayRef 1982010IW0268
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 2 May 2008
26 m awayRef 200845SP23025
Serious
Aprilia RX 125 crash on the A244 in Spelthorne, 9 October 2025
30 m awayRef 2025451652275
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Spelthorne, 26 January 2012
34 m awayRef 201245SP67692
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Pedestrian location
- On refuge, central island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023451348723 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.