B218 crash in Lewisham on 5 July 2003 at 20:12 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B218 in Lewisham at 20:12 on Saturday 5 July 2003. The 55-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2003
- Saturday, 20:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45505, longitude -0.03706, in the SE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crofton Park, Lewisham, SE4 2DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301PL00629
- Council area
- Lewisham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 218
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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 13 October 2007.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B218 in Lewisham, 13 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200701PL60437
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Bicycle crash on the B218 in Lewisham, 27 July 1987
At the same spotRef 198701PL00349
Slight
Piaggio NRG crash on the B218 in Lewisham, 9 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200201PL01206
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Yamaha GPD 125 crash on the B218 in Lewisham, 1 May 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010178373
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Yamaha X crash on the B218 in Lewisham, 11 September 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010597032
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B218 in Lewisham, 7 May 2021
8 m awayRef 2021010306185
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
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 200301PL00629 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.