A238 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 24 December 2004 at 13:15 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A238 in Kingston upon Thames at 13:15 on Friday 24 December 2004. The 72-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2004
- Friday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41669, longitude -0.26162, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coombe Hill, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401VK09012
- 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
- 238
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 283
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 2003.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A238 in Kingston upon Thames, 25 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200301VK00217
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A238 in Kingston upon Thames, 12 March 1992
At the same spotRef 199201VK00234
Slight
Car crash on the A238 in Kingston upon Thames, 20 November 1986
At the same spotRef 198601VD01147
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A238 in Kingston upon Thames, 16 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101VK00428
Serious
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A238 in Kingston upon Thames, 14 May 1997
At the same spotRef 199701VK00388
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B283 in Kingston upon Thames, 17 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199801VK00072
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
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 200401VK09012 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.