Serious A2043 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 2 December 2007 at 16:10 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara hit a pedestrian on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames at 16:10 on Sunday 2 December 2007. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Dec 2007
- Sunday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40823, longitude -0.28538, in the KT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 3PL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200701VK30308
- 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
- 2043
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2015.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 18 September 2015
10 m awayRef 201501VK30305
Serious
Car crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 12 February 1988
10 m awayRef 198801VD00160
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 7 December 2012
10 m awayRef 201201VK30339
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 25 April 2006
10 m awayRef 200601VK30144
Serious
Car crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 14 April 1986
10 m awayRef 198601VD00336
Serious
Car crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 15 December 1984
10 m awayRef 198401VD01305
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 91 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200701VK30308 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 2007.