A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 24 July 2016 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a car and a Mercedes Viano were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 19:30 on Sunday 24 July 2016. A 58-year-old female passenger in the car, a 66-year-old male passenger in the car and a 33-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2016
- Sunday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42079, longitude -0.25284, in the SW20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601VK30205
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1991.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 24 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199101VK00612
Slight
Yamaha FZ crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 16 May 2021
7 m awayRef 2021010307626
Slight
Porsche Macan crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 19 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010604579
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 3 September 1993
10 m awayRef 199301VK00665
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 2 November 1991
10 m awayRef 199101VK01040
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 25 April 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010571288
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes Viano
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201601VK30205 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 2016.