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A305 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 30 April 2004 at 11:30 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames at 11:30 on Friday 30 April 2004. The 31-year-old male driver of the Dennis bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2004
Friday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.446, longitude -0.32887, in the TW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Twickenham Riverside, Richmond upon Thames, TW1 1BE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401TW00209
Council area
Richmond upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
305
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

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 200401TW00209 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 2004.