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C road crash in Southwark SE15 on 25 December 2001 at 12:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Southwark at 12:00 on Tuesday 25 December 2001. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo and a 7-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 2001
Tuesday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47755, longitude -0.07037, in the SE15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peckham, Southwark, SE15 5UW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101MM09025
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
215

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 22 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200101MM09025 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2001.