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A308 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 27 August 1983 at 08:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames at 08:45 on Saturday 27 August 1983. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 1983
Saturday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41236, longitude -0.29977, in the KT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010VD0823
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
308
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1983010VD0823 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kingston upon Thames road accident statistics for 1983.