A306 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 16 December 2015 at 23:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames at 23:20 on Wednesday 16 December 2015. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 27-year-old female driver of the Mini One were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 23:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Mini One
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46699, longitude -0.24159, in the SW13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Roehampton, Wandsworth, SW15 5QX 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
- 201501TW60439
- 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
- 306
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2001.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 8 May 2001
10 m awayRef 200101TW00237
Slight
Car crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 21 November 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010TR0345
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 11 September 2012
10 m awayRef 201201TW60322
Slight
Minibus crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 6 May 1985
10 m awayRef 198501TR00102
Slight
Car crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 18 August 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010TR0256
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 27 May 2015
10 m awayRef 201501TW60173
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
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 201501TW60439 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 2015.