Skip to main content
CrashStats

A243 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 11 October 2003 at 10:44 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Fiat Tipo were involved in a crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames at 10:44 on Saturday 11 October 2003. The 38-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto and the 42-year-old female driver of the Fiat Tipo were 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
11 Oct 2003
Saturday, 10:44
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Fiat Tipo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35305, longitude -0.31243, in the KT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chessington South & Malden Rushett, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 2ND area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301VK00298
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
243
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 25 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

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 200301VK00298 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 2003.