A310 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 1 May 2012 at 18:41 involving a Vauxhall Frontera
A Vauxhall Frontera and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A310 in Richmond upon Thames at 18:41 on Tuesday 1 May 2012. The 33-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 1 May 2012
- Tuesday, 18:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Frontera and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41839, longitude -0.31636, in the TW11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hampton Wick & South Teddington, Richmond upon Thames, KT1 4JB 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
- 201201TW60150
- 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
- 310
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2000.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A310 in Richmond upon Thames, 25 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200001TW00505
Serious
Alfa Romeo 146 crash on the A310 in Richmond upon Thames, 27 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200201TW00698
Serious
Fiat Ducato crash on the A310 in Richmond upon Thames, 26 April 2011
10 m awayRef 201101TA00912
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Richmond upon Thames, 3 May 2007
10 m awayRef 200701TW60140
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A310 in Richmond upon Thames, 28 August 1994
10 m awayRef 199401TW00485
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A310 in Richmond upon Thames, 18 March 1984
14 m awayRef 198401TW00106
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Frontera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,410 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201201TW60150 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 2012.