A305 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 27 July 2022 at 15:30 involving a Mercedes Sprinter
A Mercedes Sprinter and a Yamaha X motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames at 15:30 on Wednesday 27 July 2022. The 36-year-old male rider of the Yamaha X motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 2022
- Wednesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Yamaha X
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46141, longitude -0.29814, in the TW9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Richmond, Richmond upon Thames, TW9 1UD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010390782
- 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
- 305
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 322
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 1 November 2017.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 1 November 2017
4 m awayRef 2017010067542
Slight
Car crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 18 November 1986
4 m awayRef 198601TR00293
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 December 1993
4 m awayRef 199301TW00725
Slight
Isuzu Trooper crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 8 January 1992
4 m awayRef 199201TW00013
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 25 January 2008
4 m awayRef 200801TW60020
Serious
Honda crash on the A305 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 August 1993
4 m awayRef 199301TW00450
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha X
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha X)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022010390782 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.