A240 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 17 August 2025 at 07:55 involving a Mercedes B Class
A bicycle and a Mercedes B Class were involved in a crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames at 07:55 on Sunday 17 August 2025. The 41-year-old cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2025
- Sunday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mercedes B Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38512, longitude -0.29502, 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 Surbiton Hill, Kingston upon Thames, KT6 6QZ 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
- 2025010592505
- 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
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3364
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1987.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 22 May 1987
2 m awayRef 198701VD00459
Slight
Car crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 7 July 1989
2 m awayRef 198901VK00657
Slight
Car crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 16 April 1987
2 m awayRef 198701VD00341
Slight
Honda CB125TD crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 18 November 1991
2 m awayRef 199101VK01118
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 18 May 2006
2 m awayRef 200601VK30138
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A240 in Kingston upon Thames, 26 April 1994
2 m awayRef 199401VK00324
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes B Class
Car
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightAged 41, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2025010592505 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.