A2000 crash in Bexley on 11 March 2002 at 19:45 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and an MG Metro were involved in a crash on the A2000 in Bexley at 19:45 on Monday 11 March 2002. The 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna was 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
- 11 Mar 2002
- Monday, 19:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and MG Metro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45225, longitude 0.17757, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crayford, Bexley, DA1 4LD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201RY00160
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2000
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 7 January 2012.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A2000 in Bexley, 7 January 2012
At the same spotRef 201201RY10021
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A2000 in Bexley, 16 August 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010527415
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A2000 in Bexley, 13 August 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010RY0589
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A2000 in Bexley, 14 March 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010096308
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A2000 in Bexley, 12 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200301RY09013
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2000 in Bexley, 8 April 2009
14 m awayRef 200901RY10109
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: MG Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
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 200201RY00160 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 2002.