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A310 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 20 July 2023 at 11:20 involving a Polestar 2

A Polestar 2 and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the A310 in Richmond upon Thames at 11:20 on Thursday 20 July 2023. The 62-year-old male driver of the Ford C-Max was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 2023
Thursday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Polestar 2 and Ford C-Max
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44899, longitude -0.32973, in the TW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Twickenham Riverside, Richmond upon Thames, TW1 1BE 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
2023010456274
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
310
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Polestar 2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    45 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)

    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 2023010456274 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 2023.