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Serious B282 crash in Merton on 3 May 2025 at 09:30 involving a Kia Rio

A Kia Rio crashed on the B282 in Merton at 09:30 on Saturday 3 May 2025. The 36-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 2025
Saturday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Kia Rio
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39918, longitude -0.24356, in the KT3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Malden Village, Kingston upon Thames, KT3 6DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010590632
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
282
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
3

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Rio

    Car

    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Rio)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2025010590632 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2025.