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Serious A243 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 19 October 1986 at 14:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames at 14:30 on Sunday 19 October 1986. The male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Oct 1986
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34087, longitude -0.31835, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601VD01029
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
243
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, 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 198601VD01029 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.