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Fatal A2022 crash in Croydon on 1 October 2003 at 19:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo hit a pedestrian on the A2022 in Croydon at 19:05 on Wednesday 1 October 2003. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 24-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Oct 2003
Wednesday, 19:05
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34629, longitude -0.0565, in the CR2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Selsdon Vale & Forestdale, Croydon, CR2 8LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301TD00412
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2022
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200301TD00412 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Croydon road accident statistics for 2003.