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A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 5 May 1986 at 17:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 17:45 on Monday 5 May 1986. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 23-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 1986
Monday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37546, longitude -0.30373, in the KT6 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
198601VD00412
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
243

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 22 February 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, 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 198601VD00412 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 1986.