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A205 crash in Greenwich on 9 May 1985 at 23:25 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A205 in Greenwich at 23:25 on Thursday 9 May 1985. The 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, a 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 3 and a 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 May 1985
Thursday, 23:25
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47295, longitude 0.05541, in the SE18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501RW00219
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
205
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198501RW00219 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 1985.