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Serious B219 crash in Southwark on 3 September 2002 at 18:58 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the B219 in Southwark at 18:58 on Tuesday 3 September 2002. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and the 33-year-old female driver and a 12-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Sep 2002
Tuesday, 18:58
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4491, longitude -0.07402, in the SE22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goose Green, Southwark, SE22 9LN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201MM01102
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
219
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
2216

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 16 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 200201MM01102 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southwark road accident statistics for 2002.