A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 26 May 2004 at 21:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Peugeot 205 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 21:50 on Wednesday 26 May 2004. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 May 2004
- Wednesday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41375, longitude -0.37606, in the TW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hampton, Richmond upon Thames, TW12 2DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401TW00224
- 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
- 308
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2016.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 9 July 2016
10 m awayRef 201601TW60252
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 12 May 1986
10 m awayRef 198601TW00199
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 16 April 1999
10 m awayRef 199901TW00166
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 19 August 2005
30 m awayRef 200501TE00319
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 March 1994
32 m awayRef 199401TW00119
Slight
Lorry crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 April 1983
51 m awayRef 1983010TW0155
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200401TW00224 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.