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Unclassified road crash in Kingston upon Thames KT1 on 24 December 1997 at 11:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames at 11:55 on Wednesday 24 December 1997. A 55-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 11:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4094, longitude -0.3065, in the KT1 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
199701VK01080
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199701VK01080 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.