Serious B306 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 23 December 2002 at 14:10 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle
A car and a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B306 in Richmond upon Thames at 14:10 on Monday 23 December 2002. The male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Dec 2002
- Monday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Suzuki SV 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46598, longitude -0.2383, in the SW13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Roehampton, Wandsworth, SW15 5QX 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
- 200201TW00693
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 306
- 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
- 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
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 1995.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B306 in Richmond upon Thames, 8 September 1995
At the same spotRef 199501TW00599
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B306 in Richmond upon Thames, 18 January 1994
At the same spotRef 199401TW00028
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B306 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 April 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TW00206
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B306 in Richmond upon Thames, 22 June 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TW00351
Serious
Rover 800 Series crash on the B306 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 July 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TW00444
Serious
Car crash on the B306 in Richmond upon Thames, 7 April 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TW00207
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki SV 650)
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 200201TW00693 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.