A205 crash in Wandsworth on 28 July 1997 at 12:15 involving a Renault 5
A Renault 5, a Peugeot 306 and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A205 in Wandsworth at 12:15 on Monday 28 July 1997. The 23-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 and the 34-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 1997
- Monday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault 5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45991, longitude -0.21336, in the SW15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wandsworth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701WW00519
- Council area
- Wandsworth
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 205
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 1996.
Slight
Car crash on the A205 in Wandsworth, 26 August 1996
10 m awayRef 199601WW00543
Serious
Nissan crash on the A205 in Wandsworth, 16 July 1996
10 m awayRef 199601WW00433
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A205 in Wandsworth, 4 July 2011
10 m awayRef 201101TW60242
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A205 in Wandsworth, 24 August 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010593582
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A205 in Wandsworth, 27 May 1996
14 m awayRef 199601WW00313
Slight
Honda crash on the A205 in Wandsworth, 5 June 1995
14 m awayRef 199501WW00380
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
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 199701WW00519 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wandsworth road accident statistics for 1997.