A220 crash in Bexley on 10 May 2003 at 14:35 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A220 in Bexley at 14:35 on Saturday 10 May 2003. The 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2003
- Saturday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45909, longitude 0.15285, in the DA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 7BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bexley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301RY00272
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 220
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 1 October 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A220 in Bexley, 1 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200101RY00678
Serious
Van crash on the A220 in Bexley, 25 February 1988
At the same spotRef 198801RY00147
Slight
Hyundai Kona crash on the A220 in Bexley, 31 July 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010589648
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A220 in Bexley, 23 April 2021
7 m awayRef 2021010303268
Slight
Bus crash on the A220 in Bexley, 18 November 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010544184
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A220 in Bexley, 28 July 1996
10 m awayRef 199601RY00476
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 200301RY00272 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.