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A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 29 July 2007 at 02:11 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 02:11 on Sunday 29 July 2007. The 27-year-old male driver and a 23-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Jul 2007
Sunday, 02:11
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41383, longitude -0.3752, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200701TW60240
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, street lights lit
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
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 200701TW60240 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 2007.