B263 crash in Greenwich on 8 April 1988 at 13:10 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the B263 in Greenwich at 13:10 on Friday 8 April 1988. The male driver of vehicle 1 and an 18-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 1988
- Friday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44053, longitude 0.06316, in the SE9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198801RD00255
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 263
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2003.
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 29 March 2003
10 m awayRef 200301RG00238
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 9 October 2002
14 m awayRef 200201RG00947
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 14 September 2011
22 m awayRef 201101RG40529
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 10 December 2020
29 m awayRef 2020010284382
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 17 February 1989
32 m awayRef 198901RG00094
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the B263 in Greenwich, 12 April 2025
39 m awayRef 2025010569400
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198801RD00255 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 1988.