A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 16 July 1986 at 22:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 22:35 on Wednesday 16 July 1986. The 48-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 1986
- Wednesday, 22:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40964, longitude -0.31655, in the KT1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198601TW00299
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 October 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010TW0435
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 March 1986
10 m awayRef 198601TW00094
Slight
Gilera Dna 125 crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 18 December 2002
10 m awayRef 200201TW00685
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 10 February 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010TW0072
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 October 2023
14 m awayRef 2023010470005
Slight
BMW M1 crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 January 2025
16 m awayRef 2025010552462
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, 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 198601TW00299 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 1986.