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Serious A20 crash in Lewisham on 22 November 1997 at 10:45 involving a Peugeot 305

A Peugeot 305, a Renault 5 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A20 in Lewisham at 10:45 on Saturday 22 November 1997. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were 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
Serious
Date
22 Nov 1997
Saturday, 10:45
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 305 and 2 others
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46432, longitude -0.01293, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701PL00686
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 305

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,771 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 305)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199701PL00686 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 1997.