A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 31 October 1985 at 13:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 13:20 on Thursday 31 October 1985. The 57-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 70-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 1985
- Thursday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41721, longitude -0.25055, in the SW20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501VD01065
- 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
- 70 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 1 June 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 1 June 1985
At the same spotRef 198501VD00468
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 22 July 1992
At the same spotRef 199201VK00555
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 21 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200001VK00457
Slight
Lexus GS300 crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 7 July 2019
6 m awayRef 2019010192022
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 22 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198801VD01321
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 14 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200401VK09020
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 198501VD01065 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.