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A23 crash in Lambeth on 27 December 1995 at 17:35 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX and a car were involved in a crash on the A23 in Lambeth at 17:35 on Wednesday 27 December 1995. A 7-year-old male passenger in the Citroen BX, a 10-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Citroen BX 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
27 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Citroen BX and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4409, longitude -0.12518, in the SW2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambeth.

Map of where the crash happened in Lambeth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501LS00564
Council area
Lambeth
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    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 199501LS00564 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lambeth road accident statistics for 1995.