A307 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 29 November 2024 at 17:28 involving a Volkswagen Crafter van
A Volkswagen Crafter van hit a pedestrian on the A307 in Richmond upon Thames at 17:28 on Friday 29 November 2024. A 27-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Friday, 17:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Crafter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46601, longitude -0.29828, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010546450
- 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
- 307
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2014.
Slight
Scania crash on the A307 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 August 2014
5 m awayRef 201401TW60338
Slight
Honda MSX125 crash on the A307 in Richmond upon Thames, 24 July 2022
6 m awayRef 2022010391107
Slight
Yamaha SR 125 crash on the A307 in Richmond upon Thames, 4 February 2003
10 m awayRef 200301TW00054
Slight
Car crash on the A307 in Richmond upon Thames, 20 March 1989
10 m awayRef 198901TW00175
Slight
Car crash on the A307 in Richmond upon Thames, 5 May 1988
12 m awayRef 198801TR00094
Serious
Leyland crash on the A307 in Richmond upon Thames, 2 May 1998
12 m awayRef 199801TW00276
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Crafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Crafter)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2024010546450 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 2024.