A243 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 7 April 2017 at 12:22 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames at 12:22 on Friday 7 April 2017. The 42-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2017
- Friday, 12:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3423, longitude -0.31756, in the KT9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chessington South & Malden Rushett, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 2NS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010030920
- 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
- 243
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1990.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 23 June 1990
10 m awayRef 199001VK00613
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 18 January 2011
22 m awayRef 201101TA00196
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 8 April 2007
22 m awayRef 200701VK30082
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 20 April 1995
22 m awayRef 199501VK00282
Serious
Honda crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 8 January 1996
41 m awayRef 199601VK00021
Serious
Car crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 6 July 1988
51 m awayRef 198801VD00667
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2017010030920 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 2017.