A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 28 November 2018 at 16:28 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class hit a pedestrian on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 16:28 on Wednesday 28 November 2018. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2018
- Wednesday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40651, longitude -0.33678, in the KT8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hampton, Richmond upon Thames, KT8 9BZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010156107
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 308
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 308
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 28 April 2006.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 28 April 2006
At the same spotRef 200601TW60129
Serious
Mini One crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 15 February 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010018578
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 22 June 1987
10 m awayRef 198701TW00230
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 11 November 1989
10 m awayRef 198901TW00804
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 1 April 1989
10 m awayRef 198901TW00206
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 May 1996
10 m awayRef 199601TW00274
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018010156107 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.