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A23 crash in Croydon on 10 December 1995 at 16:00 involving a Ford Escort

A car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 16:00 on Sunday 10 December 1995. The 22-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1995
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33163, longitude -0.12476, in the CR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501ZD00737
Council area
Croydon
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199501ZD00737 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.