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Serious B282 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 14 June 1998 at 14:55 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus, a BMW 3 Series and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B282 in Kingston upon Thames at 14:55 on Sunday 14 June 1998. The 36-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jun 1998
Sunday, 14:55
Vehicles
3
Dennis and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39918, longitude -0.24707, in the KT3 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
199801VK00448
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
282
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 199801VK00448 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 1998.