A2 crash in Lewisham on 24 February 2003 at 00:01 involving a Kia Pride
A Kia Pride and a Saab 900 were involved in a crash on the A2 in Lewisham at 00:01 on Monday 24 February 2003. The 28-year-old female driver of the Kia Pride was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2003
- Monday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Pride and Saab 900
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47493, longitude -0.02627, in the SE14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford, Lewisham, SE14 6FQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301PL00348
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 2
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 15 May 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 15 May 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010PL0237
Serious
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 1 October 1984
At the same spotRef 198401PL00489
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 24 June 1989
At the same spotRef 198901PL00322
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 6 August 1988
At the same spotRef 198801PL00377
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 18 February 1989
At the same spotRef 198901PL00088
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A2 in Lewisham, 14 September 1997
At the same spotRef 199701PL00524
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Pride
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 900
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Pride)
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 200301PL00348 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.