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A222 crash in Croydon on 24 December 1983 at 19:55 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A222 in Croydon at 19:55 on Saturday 24 December 1983. A 28-year-old male passenger in the van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1983
Saturday, 19:55
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38186, longitude -0.09425, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010ZD0995
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
222
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1983010ZD0995 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1983.