A212 crash in Croydon on 30 December 1995 at 11:00 involving a Bedford Astra
A Bedford Astra and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the A212 in Croydon at 11:00 on Saturday 30 December 1995. The 41-year-old male driver of the Bedford Astra and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Bedford Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 1995
- Saturday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bedford Astra and Nissan Primera
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37076, longitude -0.09701, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199501ZD00787
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 212
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 232
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2014.
Slight
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Slight
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Serious
Car crash on the A232 in Croydon, 17 January 1989
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Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A232 in Croydon, 22 April 2024
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Slight
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Serious
Bicycle crash on the A212 in Croydon, 14 March 2025
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bedford Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford Astra)
- 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 199501ZD00787 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.