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Serious A23 crash in Croydon on 4 September 1995 at 09:10 involving a BMW 3 Series

A van and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 09:10 on Monday 4 September 1995. The 58-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Sep 1995
Monday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
Van and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38238, longitude -0.12096, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501ZD00484
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

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 199501ZD00484 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 1995.