A2 crash in Lewisham on 2 April 2001 at 16:00 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series, a Honda Integra and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A2 in Lewisham at 16:00 on Monday 2 April 2001. The female driver of the Austin Metro and a male passenger in the Austin Metro were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2001
- Monday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 400 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47425, longitude -0.04502, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, SE14 5HQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101PL00756
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1999.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 3 May 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PL00224
Slight
Bus crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 25 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PL00179
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 14 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601PL00399
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 11 January 2002
At the same spotRef 200201PL00014
Slight
Volvo crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 4 May 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PL00230
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 12 June 2009
At the same spotRef 200901PL60388
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Integra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)
- 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 200101PL00756 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 2001.