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A219 crash in Merton on 8 September 2002 at 22:34 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A219 in Merton at 22:34 on Sunday 8 September 2002. A 24-year-old male passenger, the 18-year-old female driver and a 37-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2002
Sunday, 22:34
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41836, longitude -0.19325, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Merton, SW19 2NP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201VW00484
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 25 April 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200201VW00484 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2002.