B202 crash in Southwark on 25 January 1983 at 19:40 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B202 in Southwark at 19:40 on Tuesday 25 January 1983. The 61-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 1983
- Tuesday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49916, longitude -0.08562, in the SE1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1983010MD0036
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 202
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B202 in Southwark, 13 May 1984
At the same spotRef 198401MD00225
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B202 in Southwark, 12 May 1987
At the same spotRef 198701MD00204
Slight
Car crash on the B202 in Southwark, 15 January 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010MD0020
Slight
Car crash on the B202 in Southwark, 12 January 1985
10 m awayRef 198501MD00016
Slight
Scooter crash on the B202 in Southwark, 1 June 1984
10 m awayRef 198401MD00262
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B202 in Southwark, 13 October 1986
10 m awayRef 198601MD00496
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 1983010MD0036 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 1983.