Unclassified road crash in Kingston upon Thames KT3 on 27 March 2018 at 21:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames at 21:00 on Tuesday 27 March 2018. The 17-year-old male driver of the Audi A3, an 18-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2018
- Tuesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40489, longitude -0.26264, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coombe Vale, Kingston upon Thames, KT3 3HF 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
- 2018010098704
- Council area
- Kingston upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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 7 August 1984.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames, 7 August 1984
10 m awayRef 198401VD00785
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames, 10 April 1988
10 m awayRef 198801VD00360
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames, 1 December 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010VD1250
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames, 5 December 1984
10 m awayRef 198401VD01260
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames, 31 August 1986
14 m awayRef 198601VD00812
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Kingston upon Thames, 26 November 1984
14 m awayRef 198401VD01200
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018010098704 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.