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B214 crash in Southwark on 14 December 2002 at 18:50 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus, an Iveco Daily van and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B214 in Southwark at 18:50 on Saturday 14 December 2002. The 49-year-old male driver of the Dennis bus, a 20-year-old male passenger in the Dennis bus and the 22-year-old male driver of the Iveco Daily van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2002
Saturday, 18:50
Vehicles
3
Dennis and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48306, longitude -0.08872, in the SE17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southwark. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camberwell Green, Southwark, SE5 0DP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southwark

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201MM01592
Council area
Southwark
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
214
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 18 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco Daily

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Iveco Daily)

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 200201MM01592 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.