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A240 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 24 January 2024 at 15:00 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames at 15:00 on Wednesday 24 January 2024. The 49-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 2024
Wednesday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37926, longitude -0.28112, in the KT6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alexandra, Kingston upon Thames, KT6 7DW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kingston upon Thames

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024010490979
Council area
Kingston 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
240
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
3

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024010490979 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kingston upon Thames road accident statistics for 2024.