A311 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 11 October 2005 at 11:38 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a van and a Volvo 940 were involved in a crash on the A311 in Richmond upon Thames at 11:38 on Tuesday 11 October 2005. The 31-year-old male driver of the van was 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 2005
- Tuesday, 11:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41416, longitude -0.36037, 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
- 200501TW60371
- 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
- 311
- 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
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 2019.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A311 in Richmond upon Thames, 14 March 2019
19 m awayRef 2019010173861
Slight
Honda CG125 crash on the A311 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 September 2003
32 m awayRef 200301TW00402
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A311 in Richmond upon Thames, 21 September 2022
38 m awayRef 2022010400397
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A311 in Richmond upon Thames, 8 November 2025
47 m awayRef 2025010608170
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A311 in Richmond upon Thames, 8 March 2002
51 m awayRef 200201TW00142
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A311 in Richmond upon Thames, 27 January 2000
54 m awayRef 200001TW00072
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Open door of vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo 940
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 200501TW60371 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 2005.