A2043 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 8 February 2018 at 22:20 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames at 22:20 on Thursday 8 February 2018. The 20-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Feb 2018
- Thursday, 22:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40791, longitude -0.28467, in the KT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 3PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010088968
- 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
- 2043
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 1996.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 20 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199601VK01082
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 12 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200001VK00358
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 21 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201001VK30360
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 9 April 2010
10 m awayRef 201001VK30111
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 26 November 2001
10 m awayRef 200101VK00438
Serious
Gilera Runner crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 24 May 2005
10 m awayRef 200501VK30147
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 20, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018010088968 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 2018.