A305 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 31 January 1982 at 02:42 involving a car
A car crashed on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames at 02:42 on Sunday 31 January 1982. The 32-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 1982
- Sunday, 02:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46189, longitude -0.28641, in the TW10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames.
Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982010TR0034
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 305
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 May 2003.
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 18 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TW00228
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 26 November 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010351399
Slight
Car crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 3 April 1986
10 m awayRef 198601TR00057
Serious
Car crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 12 August 1985
10 m awayRef 198501TR00191
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 19 May 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010TR0143
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 March 1990
14 m awayRef 199001TW00147
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 1982010TR0034 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Richmond upon Thames road accident statistics for 1982.