A308 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 2 November 2012 at 18:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and two cars were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames at 18:00 on Friday 2 November 2012. The 41-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 24-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2012
- Friday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42089, longitude -0.27772, in the KT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingston Gate, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201VK30306
- 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
- 308
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1991.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames, 30 July 1991
14 m awayRef 199101VK00788
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames, 12 November 2025
26 m awayRef 2025010608944
Slight
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames, 15 July 2015
32 m awayRef 201501VK30273
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames, 24 May 1989
36 m awayRef 198901VK00491
Serious
Mercedes Eqb Class crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames, 16 May 2025
41 m awayRef 2025010575365
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames, 11 April 1987
67 m awayRef 198701VD00302
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- 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 201201VK30306 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 2012.