A2043 crash in Sutton on 18 November 2003 at 18:55 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A2043 in Sutton at 18:55 on Tuesday 18 November 2003. The 33-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2003
- Tuesday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38047, longitude -0.24475, in the KT4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sutton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Worcester Park North, Sutton, KT4 8DT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sutton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301ZT00480
- Council area
- Sutton
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2043
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 1988.
Slight
Van crash on the A2043 in Sutton, 2 March 1988
10 m awayRef 198801ZP00266
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A2043 in Sutton, 21 October 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010604867
Slight
Mazda B2000 crash on the A2043 in Kingston upon Thames, 10 May 1998
20 m awayRef 199801VK00353
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A2043 in Sutton, 17 February 1995
22 m awayRef 199501VK00145
Slight
Car crash on the A2043 in Sutton, 13 March 1983
22 m awayRef 1983010ZP0254
Serious
Car crash on the A2043 in Sutton, 28 November 1989
22 m awayRef 198901ZP01323
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 200301ZT00480 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sutton road accident statistics for 2003.