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Serious B210 crash in Greenwich on 4 June 1998 at 12:20 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B210 in Greenwich at 12:20 on Thursday 4 June 1998. The 19-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra was seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus 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
4 Jun 1998
Thursday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Nissan Micra
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4864, longitude 0.05227, in the SE18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich.

Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801RA00200
Council area
Greenwich
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
210
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

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 199801RA00200 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 1998.