A308 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 29 October 2025 at 16:46 involving a Ford Puma
A Ford Puma, a Yamaha Delight motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames at 16:46 on Wednesday 29 October 2025. The 25-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Delight motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Wednesday, 16:46
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Puma and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41388, longitude -0.37501, in the TW12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hampton, Richmond upon Thames, TW12 2DP 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
- 2025011660918
- 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
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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 30 December 2021.
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 30 December 2021
4 m awayRef 2021010352377
Slight
Honda NTV650 crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 11 October 1999
6 m awayRef 199901TW00496
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 29 July 2007
14 m awayRef 200701TW60240
Serious
Nissan Primera crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 9 June 2000
16 m awayRef 200001TW00381
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 24 February 2000
26 m awayRef 200001TW00160
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A308 in Richmond upon Thames, 26 November 1986
37 m awayRef 198601TW00503
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Puma
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Yamaha Delight
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Delight)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025011660918 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.