A243 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 30 November 2024 at 08:30 involving a BMW X3
A BMW X3 and a Suzuki Grand Vitara were involved in a crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames at 08:30 on Saturday 30 November 2024. The 52-year-old female driver of the BMW X3 and a passenger in the BMW X3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2024
- Saturday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X3 and Suzuki Grand Vitara
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36263, longitude -0.30783, in the KT9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chessington South & Malden Rushett, Kingston upon Thames, KT9 2ER area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010548243
- 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
- 243
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 September 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 30 September 1986
4 m awayRef 198601VD00915
Slight
Car crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 14 February 2011
8 m awayRef 201101VK30026
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 24 July 2006
8 m awayRef 200601VK30194
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 21 July 1997
8 m awayRef 199701VK00591
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 29 April 2020
8 m awayRef 2020010248511
Slight
Dennis crash on the A243 in Kingston upon Thames, 9 May 2002
10 m awayRef 200201VK00175
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X3
Car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Grand Vitara
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightCar occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2024010548243 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.