Serious A3 crash in Kingston upon Thames on 11 October 2025 at 21:48 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Suzuki GSXR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames at 21:48 on Saturday 11 October 2025. The 25-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Oct 2025
- Saturday, 21:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Suzuki GSXR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38257, longitude -0.27725, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010603151
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 3
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 January 1999.
Serious
Suzuki GSX 600 crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 18 January 1999
7 m awayRef 199901VK00038
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 30 May 1988
7 m awayRef 198801VD00544
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 4 September 2003
7 m awayRef 200301TE00455
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 21 August 2021
10 m awayRef 2021010327614
Slight
Van crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 23 September 1992
15 m awayRef 199201VK00720
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A3 in Kingston upon Thames, 7 November 1994
15 m awayRef 199401VK00877
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSXR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSXR)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2025010603151 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.