A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 16 May 2022 at 12:55 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 12:55 on Monday 16 May 2022. The 37-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2022
- Monday, 12:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40721, longitude -0.32635, in the KT8 postcode district. 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
- 2022010376767
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 26 November 1988
16 m awayRef 198801TW00430
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 7 May 1984
45 m awayRef 198401TW00178
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 27 October 1998
51 m awayRef 199801TW00634
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 17 July 2021
65 m awayRef 2021010319528
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 8 November 1991
70 m awayRef 199101TW00683
Serious
Nissan Note crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 20 June 2010
76 m awayRef 201001TA00134
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- 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 2022010376767 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.