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Fatal C road crash in Lewisham BR1 on 18 March 2003 at 14:36 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 crashed on a C road in Lewisham at 14:36 on Tuesday 18 March 2003. The 72-year-old female driver was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Mar 2003
Tuesday, 14:36
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42551, longitude 0.01331, in the BR1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plaistow, Bromley, BR1 4SD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301PL00263
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 6 September 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

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 200301PL00263 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2003.