A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 30 October 2014 at 20:15 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van and three bicycles were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 20:15 on Thursday 30 October 2014. The 41-year-old male cyclist, the 42-year-old male cyclist and the 27-year-old male cyclist 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 private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2014
- Thursday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Vivaro and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 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
- 201401TW60483
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 39%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 61%
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
Serious
Van crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 March 2007
At the same spotRef 200701TW60051
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 July 2012
At the same spotRef 201201TW60226
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 (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- 41 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- 42 years
Vehicle 4: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- 27 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 41, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 42, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
Casualty 3: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 27, on vehicle 4 (Bicycle)
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 201401TW60483 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 2014.