A313 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 27 April 1983 at 17:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A313 in Richmond upon Thames at 17:00 on Wednesday 27 April 1983. The 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Apr 1983
- Wednesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42713, longitude -0.33274, in the TW11 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
- 1983010TW0195
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 313
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2003.
Slight
Car crash on the A313 in Richmond upon Thames, 20 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TW00401
Serious
Rover Maestro crash on the A313 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 January 1992
10 m awayRef 199201TW00006
Slight
Car crash on the A313 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 October 1983
20 m awayRef 1983010TW0475
Slight
Bus crash on the A313 in Richmond upon Thames, 28 June 1995
20 m awayRef 199501TW00476
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A313 in Richmond upon Thames, 29 June 1989
22 m awayRef 198901TW00436
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A313 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 September 2025
26 m awayRef 2025010597427
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, 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 1983010TW0195 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 1983.