A316 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 25 December 2016 at 22:53 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A316 in Richmond upon Thames at 22:53 on Sunday 25 December 2016. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta, a 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 35-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2016
- Sunday, 22:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47293, longitude -0.27014, in the SW14 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010008781
- 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
- 316
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 2025.
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A316 in Richmond upon Thames, 3 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010607358
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A316 in Richmond upon Thames, 25 March 1995
10 m awayRef 199501TW00194
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on the A316 in Richmond upon Thames, 11 April 1993
10 m awayRef 199301TC00177
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A316 in Richmond upon Thames, 14 July 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010TR0215
Slight
Car crash on the A316 in Richmond upon Thames, 13 April 1985
10 m awayRef 198501TR00080
Slight
Honda CX500E crash on the A316 in Richmond upon Thames, 8 October 1992
14 m awayRef 199201TW00564
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- 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
- 35 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016010008781 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 2016.