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Serious C road crash in Richmond upon Thames TW1 on 1 February 2002 at 09:30 involving a Saab 9-5

A Saab 9-5 hit a pedestrian on a C road in Richmond upon Thames at 09:30 on Friday 1 February 2002. A 53-year-old male pedestrian was seriously 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
Serious
Date
1 Feb 2002
Friday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Saab 9-5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44889, longitude -0.32977, in the TW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Twickenham Riverside, Richmond upon Thames, TW1 1BE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201TW00062
Council area
Richmond upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
310

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 26 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 9-5)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 200201TW00062 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 2002.