A2043 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 21 October 2018 at 13:25 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class and a Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames at 13:25 on Sunday 21 October 2018. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XC 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2018
- Sunday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and Yamaha XC 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4056, longitude -0.28016, 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 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
- 2018010140530
- 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
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 5 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TE00249
Slight
Car crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 22 March 1986
At the same spotRef 198601VD00262
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 19 December 2001
At the same spotRef 200101VK00487
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 31 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199601VK00255
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 24 July 2009
At the same spotRef 200901VK30229
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 22 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199601VK00220
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XC 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XC 125)
- 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 2018010140530 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.