A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 1 March 1985 at 08:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 08:30 on Friday 1 March 1985. The 24-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.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 1985
- Friday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Motorcycle and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38245, longitude -0.27717, in the KT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501VD00181
- Council area
- Kingston upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- 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
- 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 24 August 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 24 August 1984
At the same spotRef 198401VD00842
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 16 June 2016
At the same spotRef 201601VK30154
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 30 May 1988
10 m awayRef 198801VD00544
Fatal
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 1 July 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010VD0609
Slight
Lorry crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 3 August 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010VD0743
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 11 October 2025
15 m awayRef 2025010603151
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, 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 198501VD00181 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 1985.