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A211 crash in Bexley on 1 May 2001 at 16:00 involving a Mercedes 300 van

A Mercedes 300 van hit a pedestrian on the A211 in Bexley at 16:00 on Tuesday 1 May 2001. An 11-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 May 2001
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 300
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42191, longitude 0.11054, in the DA14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sidcup, Bexley, DA14 6BS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101RY00275
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
211
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200101RY00275 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2001.