Fatal A2041 crash in Greenwich on 9 September 1992 at 15:25 involving a Vauxhall Nova
A Vauxhall Nova hit two pedestrians on the A2041 in Greenwich at 15:25 on Wednesday 9 September 1992. A 71-year-old female pedestrian was killed and a 5-year-old male pedestrian and the 23-year-old male driver were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 9 Sep 1992
- Wednesday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Nova
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 killed, 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50722, longitude 0.11575, in the SE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201RA00405
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2041
- Road type
- Dual 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2006.
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 20 October 2006
22 m awayRef 200601RG40670
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 18 December 1991
22 m awayRef 199101RA00564
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 4 October 2000
22 m awayRef 200001RG00925
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A2041 in Greenwich, 27 July 2004
28 m awayRef 200401RG40300
Serious
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 25 April 1990
36 m awayRef 199001RW00212
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Greenwich, 16 August 2000
41 m awayRef 200001RG00772
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
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 199201RA00405 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 1992.