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A308 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 19 April 2018 at 10:20 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Mercedes SL Class were involved in a crash on the A308 in Kingston upon Thames at 10:20 on Thursday 19 April 2018. A 24-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Apr 2018
Thursday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Mercedes SL Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41133, longitude -0.29087, in the KT2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingston Town, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6QF 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
2018010102674
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
308
Road type
Dual 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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    5,132 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes SL Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    3,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018010102674 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.