A222 crash in Croydon on 31 August 2001 at 06:55 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A222 in Croydon at 06:55 on Friday 31 August 2001. The 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was 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
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2001
- Friday, 06:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39361, longitude -0.05191, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bromley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kelsey & Eden Park, Bromley, BR3 4AN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Croydon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101PY00837
- Council area
- Croydon
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 222
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 222
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2004.
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A222 in Croydon, 26 April 2004
10 m awayRef 200401PY20052
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A222 in Croydon, 19 September 2000
10 m awayRef 200001PY00954
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A222 in Bromley, 3 June 1991
10 m awayRef 199101ZN00304
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A222 in Croydon, 1 December 1997
10 m awayRef 199701PY01293
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Croydon, 30 July 2021
13 m awayRef 2021010321701
Serious
Volvo 244 crash on the A222 in Croydon, 16 September 1990
14 m awayRef 199001ZN00646
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200101PY00837 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2001.