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Unclassified road crash in Bexley DA15 on 18 December 2003 at 17:08 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 17:08 on Thursday 18 December 2003. The 48-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 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
18 Dec 2003
Thursday, 17:08
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44819, longitude 0.09462, in the DA15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bexley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falconwood & Welling, Bexley, DA16 2NP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301RY09022
Council area
Bexley
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 14 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

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 200301RY09022 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.