A207 crash in Bexley on 17 May 2003 at 14:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class hit two pedestrians on the A207 in Bexley at 14:30 on Saturday 17 May 2003. A 12-year-old female pedestrian and an 11-year-old female pedestrian were 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
- 17 May 2003
- Saturday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45941, longitude 0.12565, in the DA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crook Log, Bexley, DA7 4HE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301RY00284
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 207
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
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 16 February 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A207 in Bexley, 16 February 1989
At the same spotRef 198901RY00128
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A207 in Bexley, 22 July 2001
At the same spotRef 200101RY00439
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A207 in Bexley, 2 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200401RY00106
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque crash on the A207 in Bexley, 19 April 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010102658
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A207 in Bexley, 20 December 2012
At the same spotRef 201201RY10461
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A207 in Bexley, 15 July 2002
At the same spotRef 200201RY00442
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200301RY00284 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.