A307 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 26 January 2025 at 13:57 involving a Kia Niro
A Kia Niro and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A307 in Kingston upon Thames at 13:57 on Sunday 26 January 2025. The 61-year-old male driver of the Kia Niro was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jan 2025
- Sunday, 13:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Niro and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40768, longitude -0.30381, in the KT1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingston Town, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6QF 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
- 2025010555947
- Council area
- Kingston upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 307
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 1983.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Kingston upon Thames, 20 January 1983
3 m awayRef 1983010VD0065
Slight
Piaggio Liberty crash on the A307 in Kingston upon Thames, 25 September 2006
7 m awayRef 200601VK30272
Slight
Dennis crash on the A307 in Kingston upon Thames, 1 May 2013
7 m awayRef 201301VK30144
Slight
Dennis crash on the A307 in Kingston upon Thames, 1 October 1998
7 m awayRef 199801VK00735
Slight
MCW crash on the A307 in Kingston upon Thames, 28 December 1993
7 m awayRef 199301VK01056
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Kingston upon Thames, 24 September 1985
9 m awayRef 198501VD00898
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Niro
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Niro)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2025010555947 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 2025.