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A219 crash in Merton on 5 March 2003 at 20:29 involving a Peugeot 106

A car, a Peugeot 106 and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A219 in Merton at 20:29 on Wednesday 5 March 2003. The 35-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2003
Wednesday, 20:29
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 106 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43691, longitude -0.2246, in the SW19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Village, Merton, SW19 5JL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Merton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301VW00135
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
219
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 3: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault 19)

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 200301VW00135 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.