A205 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 24 May 2010 at 11:50 involving a Volvo XC90
Two cars, a Volvo XC90 and a van were involved in a crash on the A205 in Richmond upon Thames at 11:50 on Monday 24 May 2010. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 54-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2010
- Monday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volvo XC90 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4746, longitude -0.27958, in the TW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kew, Richmond upon Thames, TW9 3PN 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
- 201001TW60172
- 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
- 205
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2002.
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A205 in Richmond upon Thames, 10 October 2002
At the same spotRef 200201TW00518
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A205 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199801TW00718
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A205 in Richmond upon Thames, 21 May 1991
At the same spotRef 199101TW00288
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A205 in Richmond upon Thames, 22 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200001TW00620
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A205 in Richmond upon Thames, 16 November 2000
At the same spotRef 200001TW00658
Slight
Harley-Davidson XL883C Sportster crash on the A205 in Richmond upon Thames, 6 January 2011
10 m awayRef 201101TW60026
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201001TW60172 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 2010.