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A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 28 May 1985 at 17:45 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 17:45 on Tuesday 28 May 1985. The 23-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 1985
Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3797, longitude -0.27986, in the KT5 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
198501VD00453
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, 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 198501VD00453 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.