A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 12 June 2001 at 09:58 involving a Saab 900
A Saab 900 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 09:58 on Tuesday 12 June 2001. The 53-year-old female driver of the Saab 900 and a 56-year-old female passenger in the Saab 900 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jun 2001
- Tuesday, 09:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Saab 900 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40646, longitude -0.33721, in the KT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hampton, Richmond upon Thames, KT8 9BZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101TW00301
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 308
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 7 May 2007.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 7 May 2007
At the same spotRef 200701TW60143
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 23 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601TW00465
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 July 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010122874
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 April 2013
At the same spotRef 201301TW60130
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 18 May 2010
At the same spotRef 201001TW60139
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 31 May 1993
At the same spotRef 199301TW00286
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Saab 900
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)
- 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 200101TW00301 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Richmond upon Thames road accident statistics for 2001.