A206 crash in Greenwich on 14 May 2002 at 15:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A206 in Greenwich at 15:15 on Tuesday 14 May 2002. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 44-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2002
- Tuesday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and lorry
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49096, longitude 0.08145, in the SE28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plumstead & Glyndon, Greenwich, SE18 7PG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201RG00411
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 206
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 January 2001.
Serious
Scania crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 29 January 2001
10 m awayRef 200101RG00091
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 13 October 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010603629
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 1 January 2005
14 m awayRef 200501RG40100
Slight
Dennis crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 7 September 1999
14 m awayRef 199901RG00617
Slight
Bus crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 21 December 1992
20 m awayRef 199201RA00578
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A206 in Greenwich, 24 September 2009
20 m awayRef 200901RG40552
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 200201RG00411 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2002.