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Serious A223 crash in Bexley on 23 April 1994 at 15:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Lada Samara were involved in a crash on the A223 in Bexley at 15:15 on Saturday 23 April 1994. The 29-year-old male driver of the Lada Samara was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Apr 1994
Saturday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Lada Samara
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45187, longitude 0.17205, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199401RY00264
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
223
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
207

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 17 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Samara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,288 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Samara)

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 199401RY00264 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1994.