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Fatal A2 crash in Greenwich on 9 July 1982 at 15:50 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 15:50 on Friday 9 July 1982. The 34-year-old male driver of the car was killed and the 30-year-old male driver of the lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Jul 1982
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45689, longitude 0.08391, in the SE9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010RD0462
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Lorry)

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 1982010RD0462 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1982.