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Serious unclassified road crash in Bexley DA8 on 29 September 2001 at 14:32 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 14:32 on Saturday 29 September 2001. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Sep 2001
Saturday, 14:32
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and car
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47498, longitude 0.16411, in the DA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Erith, Bexley, DA8 3DQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101RY00592
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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 9 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200101RY00592 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.