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B283 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 11 December 1998 at 23:30 involving a Volvo 244

A Volvo 244 hit a pedestrian on the B283 in Kingston upon Thames at 23:30 on Friday 11 December 1998. A 19-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1998
Friday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 244
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40056, longitude -0.25579, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801VK00951
Council area
Kingston upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
283
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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 15 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 244

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 244)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199801VK00951 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.