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Serious A23 crash in Croydon on 9 March 2001 at 18:07 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and a van were involved in a crash on the A23 in Croydon at 18:07 on Friday 9 March 2001. The 46-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 405 was seriously injured and a 7-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Mar 2001
Friday, 18:07
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and van
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38233, longitude -0.12094, in the CR0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broad Green, Croydon, CR0 3LY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101ZD00293
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
23
Road type
Dual 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 serious injury crash on 4 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    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 200101ZD00293 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.