A20 crash in Lewisham on 30 March 2003 at 22:10 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra, a car and a Fiat Brava were involved in a crash on the A20 in Lewisham at 22:10 on Sunday 30 March 2003. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Brava was 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
- 30 Mar 2003
- Sunday, 22:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Vectra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45862, longitude 0.00167, in the SE13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lee Green, Lewisham, SE13 5QF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301PL00299
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 20
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2020.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 18 August 2020
7 m awayRef 2020010262581
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 23 December 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010079897
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Lewisham, 11 November 2011
10 m awayRef 201101PL60788
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 14 April 2016
10 m awayRef 201601PL60232
Slight
Honda NSC crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 20 May 2021
12 m awayRef 2021010308495
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A20 in Lewisham, 2 September 1995
14 m awayRef 199501PL00459
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 3: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Brava)
- 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 200301PL00299 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.