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Unclassified road crash in Lewisham SE6 on 20 January 1998 at 01:05 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham at 01:05 on Tuesday 20 January 1998. The 60-year-old female driver of the Bedford van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 1998
Tuesday, 01:05
Vehicles
2
Bedford and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44282, longitude -0.0179, in the SE6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801PD00038
Council area
Lewisham
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 199801PD00038 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 1998.