A3003 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 23 January 2022 at 12:25 involving a Yamaha MT motorcycle
A Yamaha MT motorcycle and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames at 12:25 on Sunday 23 January 2022. The 29-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT motorcycle and a 15-year-old male passenger on the Yamaha MT motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2022
- Sunday, 12:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha MT and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46961, longitude -0.26834, in the SW14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Sheen, Richmond upon Thames, SW14 7NQ 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
- 2022010356306
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3003
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2025.
Slight
Volvo XC60 crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010607745
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 22 April 1982
6 m awayRef 1982010TR0114
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Richmond upon Thames, 13 August 2000
6 m awayRef 200001TW00479
Slight
Car crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 June 1982
6 m awayRef 1982010TR0158
Serious
Yamaha GPD crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 10 July 2021
8 m awayRef 2021010318310
Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 3 September 2014
9 m awayRef 201401TW60375
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha MT
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha MT)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha MT)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022010356306 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 2022.