A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 23 November 2012 at 16:13 involving a Ford Transit van
Two Ford Transit vans were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 16:13 on Friday 23 November 2012. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Nov 2012
- Friday, 16:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39128, longitude -0.26403, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Malden, Kingston upon Thames, KT3 5RY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201VK30318
- 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
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1990.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 17 December 1990
At the same spotRef 199001VK01161
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 6 January 1994
At the same spotRef 199401VK00014
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 12 December 1993
At the same spotRef 199301VK01005
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on a C road in Kingston upon Thames, 15 September 2011
At the same spotRef 201101VK30284
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 12 July 1991
At the same spotRef 199101VK00723
Slight
Skoda 130 crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 14 August 1995
At the same spotRef 199501VK00636
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
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 201201VK30318 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.