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C road crash in Merton SW20 on 29 October 2003 at 12:02 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a DAF Trucks FA 55 lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Merton at 12:02 on Wednesday 29 October 2003. The 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was 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
29 Oct 2003
Wednesday, 12:02
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and DAF Trucks FA 55
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4182, longitude -0.2364, in the SW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Village, Merton, SW20 0DJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301VW00522
Council area
Merton
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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 6 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 55

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 200301VW00522 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.