C road crash in Merton SW20 on 26 December 2003 at 15:45 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on a C road in Merton at 15:45 on Friday 26 December 2003. The 77-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2003
- Friday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41264, longitude -0.21936, in the SW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Merton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Raynes Park, Merton, SW20 8EQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301VW00620
- Council area
- Merton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 serious injury crash on 9 August 2014.
Serious
Lorry crash on a C road in Merton, 9 August 2014
At the same spotRef 201401VW40356
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in Merton, 27 August 2002
At the same spotRef 200201VW00427
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Merton, 2 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198801VW00771
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on a C road in Merton, 13 December 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010224862
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Van crash on a C road in Merton, 25 March 1986
10 m awayRef 198601VW00171
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Ford Transit crash on a C road in Merton, 28 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200201VW00577
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
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 200301VW00620 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.