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A307 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 8 October 1984 at 18:45 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A307 in Kingston upon Thames at 18:45 on Monday 8 October 1984. The 17-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1984
Monday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41508, longitude -0.30096, 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
198401VD00995
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
307
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 26 May 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 198401VD00995 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 1984.