A312 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 26 February 2002 at 16:30 involving a Vauxhall Tigra
A Vauxhall Tigra and a car were involved in a crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames at 16:30 on Tuesday 26 February 2002. The 23-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Tigra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2002
- Tuesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Tigra and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43486, longitude -0.37431, in the TW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hampton North, Richmond upon Thames, TW12 1AW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201TW00156
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 312
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2005.
Slight
Honda crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames, 16 May 2005
10 m awayRef 200501TW60154
Slight
Dennis crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames, 29 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201001TW60399
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames, 23 February 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010TW0096
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 May 1984
20 m awayRef 198401TW00175
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 December 1984
20 m awayRef 198401TW00508
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A312 in Richmond upon Thames, 20 October 1997
22 m awayRef 199701TD00762
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Tigra)
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 200201TW00156 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.