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Serious A232 crash in Croydon on 29 December 1995 at 02:18 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 crashed on the A232 in Croydon at 02:18 on Friday 29 December 1995. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1995
Friday, 02:18
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37489, longitude -0.075, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199501ZN00862
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
232
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199501ZN00862 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.