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A205 crash in Lewisham on 26 September 1999 at 21:35 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 and a car were involved in a crash on the A205 in Lewisham at 21:35 on Sunday 26 September 1999. An 8-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 190 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 1999
Sunday, 21:35
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 190 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44304, longitude -0.02837, 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
199901PL00537
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199901PL00537 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 1999.