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B266 crash in Croydon on 11 March 2003 at 20:03 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B266 in Croydon at 20:03 on Tuesday 11 March 2003. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Mar 2003
Tuesday, 20:03
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39811, longitude -0.10146, in the CR7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Croydon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bensham Manor, Croydon, CR7 7LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Croydon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301ZD00260
Council area
Croydon
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
266
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 3 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200301ZD00260 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.