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A206 crash in Bexley on 7 January 2003 at 01:20 involving an Opel

An Opel crashed on the A206 in Bexley at 01:20 on Tuesday 7 January 2003. The 26-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jan 2003
Tuesday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Opel
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4633, longitude 0.18299, in the DA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Slade Green & Northend, Bexley, DA8 2EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bexley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301RY00004
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
206
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
206

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Opel)

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 200301RY00004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 2003.