A201 crash in Southwark on 15 July 1993 at 23:40 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
Two Vauxhall Cavaliers and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A201 in Southwark at 23:40 on Thursday 15 July 1993. The 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 1993
- Thursday, 23:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49438, longitude -0.09547, 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
- 199301MS00294
- Council area
- Southwark
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 201
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 240
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 serious injury crash on 29 December 1990.
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the A201 in Southwark, 29 December 1990
At the same spotRef 199001MS00543
Slight
Car crash on the A201 in Southwark, 29 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198701MD00441
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A201 in Southwark, 13 October 2020
5 m awayRef 2020010273653
Serious
Nissan Juke crash on the A201 in Southwark, 24 August 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010593494
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A201 in Southwark, 21 November 2002
10 m awayRef 200201MM01613
Slight
Van crash on the A201 in Southwark, 9 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198401MS00009
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Cortina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Cortina)
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 199301MS00294 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 1993.