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A20 crash in Lewisham on 20 May 2003 at 16:30 involving a Volvo C70

A Volvo C70 hit a pedestrian on the A20 in Lewisham at 16:30 on Tuesday 20 May 2003. A 22-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 2003
Tuesday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo C70
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47564, longitude -0.03646, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301PL00510
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
A
Second road number
2

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 serious injury crash on 28 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo C70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo C70)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200301PL00510 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.