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Unclassified road crash in Merton SW16 on 9 January 2003 at 07:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Merton at 07:45 on Thursday 9 January 2003. A male passenger in the Austin Metro and a female passenger in the Austin Metro 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
9 Jan 2003
Thursday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40445, longitude -0.13772, in the SW16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longthornton, Merton, CR4 1ET area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301VW00007
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

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
B
Second road number
272

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200301VW00007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Merton road accident statistics for 2003.