A243 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 21 August 2004 at 17:08 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Fiat Bravo were involved in a crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames at 17:08 on Saturday 21 August 2004. The 43-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2004
- Saturday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Fiat Bravo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36762, longitude -0.30673, 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 Hook & Chessington North, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 1DY 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
- 200401TE00613
- 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
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 2009.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 11 September 2009
At the same spotRef 200901VK30284
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 2 February 2001
At the same spotRef 200101VK00044
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 11 July 2011
At the same spotRef 201101VK30187
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 28 December 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010617784
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 15 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200501VK30237
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 11 September 1986
10 m awayRef 198601VD00882
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Bravo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200401TE00613 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 2004.