A240 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 9 March 2002 at 22:20 involving a Daewoo Nexia
A Daewoo Nexia and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames at 22:20 on Saturday 9 March 2002. The 34-year-old female driver of the Daewoo Nexia was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Mar 2002
- Saturday, 22:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Daewoo Nexia and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38527, longitude -0.29573, in the KT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Surbiton Hill, Kingston upon Thames, KT6 6QZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201VK00070
- Council area
- Kingston upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 240
- Road type
- Dual 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3364
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto signal part defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2009.
Slight
Honda SCV100F crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 16 April 2009
At the same spotRef 200901VK30103
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 9 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200501VK30376
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 26 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200401VK00091
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B3364 in Kingston upon Thames, 31 August 2010
At the same spotRef 201001VK30277
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3364 in Kingston upon Thames, 17 January 1995
At the same spotRef 199501VK00059
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B3364 in Kingston upon Thames, 26 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200001VK00269
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Daewoo Nexia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daewoo Nexia)
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 200201VK00070 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 2002.