A305 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 10 February 2017 at 07:15 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames at 07:15 on Friday 10 February 2017. The 15-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Feb 2017
- Friday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46175, longitude -0.28913, in the TW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Richmond, Richmond upon Thames, TW9 1UD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010017408
- 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
- 305
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2021.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on an unclassified road in Richmond upon Thames, 18 January 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010289130
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 14 July 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010586589
Slight
Dennis crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 December 2002
10 m awayRef 200201TW00624
Serious
BMW K 1200 RS crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 14 June 2002
10 m awayRef 200201TW00292
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 15 May 1992
10 m awayRef 199201TW00266
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 27 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200001TW00507
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017010017408 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 2017.