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B349 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 7 December 2019 at 02:00 involving a Mercedes Vito taxi

A Mercedes Vito taxi and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B349 in Richmond upon Thames at 02:00 on Saturday 7 December 2019. The 58-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito taxi was 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
7 Dec 2019
Saturday, 02:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Vito and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4698, longitude -0.23742, in the SW13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Roehampton, Wandsworth, SW15 5QX 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
2019010223359
Council area
Richmond upon Thames
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
349
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
349

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019010223359 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 2019.