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Serious A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 27 August 1985 at 10:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 10:40 on Tuesday 27 August 1985. A 78-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 1985
Tuesday, 10:40
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39124, longitude -0.26404, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501VD00809
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 serious injury crash on 18 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 198501VD00809 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.