Serious A2016 crash in Bexley on 6 October 1996 at 00:37 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Hyundai X2 were involved in a crash on the A2016 in Bexley at 00:37 on Sunday 6 October 1996. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Oct 1996
- Sunday, 00:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Hyundai X2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4896, longitude 0.16434, in the DA17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601RY00638
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2016
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1993.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 27 February 1993
10 m awayRef 199301RY00123
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 10 December 1993
10 m awayRef 199301RY00803
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 25 December 2022
18 m awayRef 2022010418324
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on an unclassified road in Bexley, 17 November 2018
20 m awayRef 2018010146321
Slight
Car crash on the A2016 in Bexley, 13 October 2025
37 m awayRef 2025010603536
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A2016 in Bexley, 18 December 1991
40 m awayRef 199101RY00763
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai X2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 199601RY00638 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1996.