A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 2 July 2012 at 21:00 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 21:00 on Monday 2 July 2012. The 30-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 was 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
- 2 Jul 2012
- Monday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40758, longitude -0.34637, in the KT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Molesey East, Elmbridge, KT8 9DJ 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
- 201201TW60226
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 19 May 2015
At the same spotRef 201501TW60161
Fatal
Peugeot 207 crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 10 November 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010144551
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 30 October 2014
At the same spotRef 201401TW60483
Serious
Van crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 March 2007
At the same spotRef 200701TW60051
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 November 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010476154
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 16 May 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010443767
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
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 201201TW60226 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.