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A312 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 5 January 1995 at 08:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames at 08:45 on Thursday 5 January 1995. The 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1995
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Volvo 740
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43539, longitude -0.37618, in the TW13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501TW00006
Council area
Richmond upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
312
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
312

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 5 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199501TW00006 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 1995.