A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 22 August 2025 at 13:55 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 13:55 on Friday 22 August 2025. The 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2025
- Friday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38369, longitude -0.27617, in the KT5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingston upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alexandra, Kingston upon Thames, KT6 7DW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010593414
- 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
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 9 November 1989
4 m awayRef 198901VK01094
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 11 February 2003
4 m awayRef 200301VK00043
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 12 February 1993
11 m awayRef 199301VK00130
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 3 March 1998
11 m awayRef 199801VK00167
Slight
Van crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 6 May 1986
12 m awayRef 198601VD00417
Slight
Opel Ascona crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 3 January 1995
12 m awayRef 199501VK00001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,742 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2025010593414 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.