Serious B349 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 5 December 2006 at 14:07 involving a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle
A Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle, a car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames at 14:07 on Tuesday 5 December 2006. The 19-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Dec 2006
- Tuesday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Gilera Runner 125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47021, longitude -0.24462, in the SW13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Roehampton, Wandsworth, SW15 5QX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200601TW60378
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 349
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2011.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 November 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TW60342
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 July 2010
At the same spotRef 201001TW60201
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames, 15 June 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010043195
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames, 15 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200001TW00226
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames, 10 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010608482
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames, 19 November 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010280253
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Gilera Runner 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Gilera Runner 125)
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 200601TW60378 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 2006.