Serious A2 crash in Bexley on 5 February 2003 at 19:00 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera, a Citroen Saxo and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A2 in Bexley at 19:00 on Wednesday 5 February 2003. The 20-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Feb 2003
- Wednesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Almera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4544, longitude 0.09404, in the DA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eltham Town & Avery Hill, Greenwich, SE9 2NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301RY00074
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 1992.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A2 in Bexley, 22 September 1992
10 m awayRef 199201RY00596
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A2 in Bexley, 15 October 2019
11 m awayRef 2019010211736
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A2 in Bexley, 25 September 2023
11 m awayRef 2023010468074
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Bexley, 20 May 1986
14 m awayRef 198601RY00398
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A2 in Bexley, 15 August 1996
20 m awayRef 199601RY00527
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2 in Bexley, 13 September 2003
20 m awayRef 200301TD00384
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
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 200301RY00074 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.