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Serious A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 27 August 1997 at 16:30 involving a Bedford

A Bedford and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 16:30 on Wednesday 27 August 1997. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Bedford was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 1997
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Bedford and Honda Civic
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39125, longitude -0.26419, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701VK00705
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

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 slight injury crash on 29 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199701VK00705 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 1997.