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Unclassified road crash in Croydon CR0 on 30 December 1995 at 21:55 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego, a Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Croydon at 21:55 on Saturday 30 December 1995. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Austin Montego and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1995
Saturday, 21:55
Vehicles
3
Austin Montego and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38023, longitude -0.06601, 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
199501ZN00864
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)

    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 199501ZN00864 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.