A306 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 12 October 2003 at 10:25 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5 and a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames at 10:25 on Sunday 12 October 2003. The 24-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2003
- Sunday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda MX-5 and Suzuki SV 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47335, longitude -0.23802, in the SW13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, SW13 9HD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301TW00464
- 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
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 23 April 2002.
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 23 April 2002
At the same spotRef 200201TW00205
Slight
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 16 April 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010371144
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 30 September 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010021868
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 25 January 2014
14 m awayRef 201401TW60027
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 6 June 1990
20 m awayRef 199001TW00376
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 30 June 2005
20 m awayRef 200501TW60214
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,840 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, 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 200301TW00464 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 2003.