Skip to main content
CrashStats

A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 24 December 1997 at 21:49 involving a Bedford lorry

A Bedford lorry crashed on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 21:49 on Wednesday 24 December 1997. The 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 21:49
Vehicles
1
Bedford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38333, longitude -0.27642, in the KT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701VK09008
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,260 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 199701VK09008 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.