Serious C road crash in Richmond upon Thames TW2 on 16 October 2018 at 17:12 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on a C road in Richmond upon Thames at 17:12 on Tuesday 16 October 2018. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Oct 2018
- Tuesday, 17:12
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44448, longitude -0.36432, in the TW2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, TW2 6NN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010139470
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 July 2023.
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on a C road in Richmond upon Thames, 17 July 2023
6 m awayRef 2023010455632
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on a C road in Richmond upon Thames, 16 August 1992
10 m awayRef 199201TW00460
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on a C road in Richmond upon Thames, 25 March 2015
22 m awayRef 201501TW60080
Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on a C road in Richmond upon Thames, 1 October 2025
26 m awayRef 2025010601066
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Richmond upon Thames, 24 September 1987
28 m awayRef 198701TW00367
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Richmond upon Thames, 3 March 1982
32 m awayRef 1982010TW0100
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- 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 2018010139470 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 2018.