A3003 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 5 December 2025 at 09:50 involving a Kia Picanto
A Kia Picanto and a Lexmoto LXR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames at 09:50 on Friday 5 December 2025. The 39-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto LXR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2025
- Friday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Picanto and Lexmoto LXR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46873, longitude -0.27281, in the SW14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Sheen, Richmond upon Thames, SW14 7NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Richmond upon Thames
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010613565
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3003
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 22 March 1985
4 m awayRef 198501TR00055
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 17 May 1991
7 m awayRef 199101TW00280
Slight
Car crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 6 April 1982
7 m awayRef 1982010TR0097
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 7 January 2023
8 m awayRef 2023010420080
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 25 July 2015
14 m awayRef 201501TW60260
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A3003 in Richmond upon Thames, 19 January 2007
14 m awayRef 200701TW60022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto LXR
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto LXR)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025010613565 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Richmond upon Thames road accident statistics for 2025.