A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 20 April 1985 at 17:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 17:05 on Saturday 20 April 1985. The 22-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, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 1985
- Saturday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4066, longitude -0.33708, in the KT8 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
- 198501TW00153
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 308
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 308
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 16 April 2013.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 16 April 2013
At the same spotRef 201301TW60154
Serious
Volvo V70 crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 25 May 2010
At the same spotRef 201001TW60158
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 12 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601TW00329
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 December 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TW00738
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 April 1990
At the same spotRef 199001TW00232
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 July 1984
At the same spotRef 198401TW00283
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, 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 198501TW00153 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 1985.