A209 crash in Bexley on 13 May 2003 at 23:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Rover 600 Series were involved in a crash on the A209 in Bexley at 23:30 on Tuesday 13 May 2003. The 19-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2003
- Tuesday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Rover 600 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46301, longitude 0.09069, in the DA16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Wickham, Bexley, DA16 2ST area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301RY00241
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 209
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A209 in Bexley, 1 February 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010RY0102
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A209 in Bexley, 12 June 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010RY0452
Slight
Van crash on the A209 in Bexley, 14 September 1984
At the same spotRef 198401RY00715
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A209 in Bexley, 11 March 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010241382
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A209 in Bexley, 19 November 2024
7 m awayRef 2024010544455
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A209 in Bexley, 5 December 2021
9 m awayRef 2021010348230
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200301RY00241 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.