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A243 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 19 October 1986 at 15:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames at 15:20 on Sunday 19 October 1986. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 1986
Sunday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33837, longitude -0.31974, in the KT9 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
198601VD00988
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
243
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, 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 198601VD00988 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.