Serious A2052 crash in Greenwich on 27 January 2004 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Omega
A Vauxhall Omega and a Chrysler were involved in a crash on the A2052 in Greenwich at 21:30 on Tuesday 27 January 2004. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Omega was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Jan 2004
- Tuesday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Omega and Chrysler
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49037, longitude 0.01761, in the SE10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Greenwich, Greenwich, SE10 0JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401RG00068
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2052
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2004.
Slight
Foden crash on the A2052 in Greenwich, 11 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200401RG00128
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A2052 in Greenwich, 29 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201301RG40339
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A2052 in Greenwich, 12 March 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010095737
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A2052 in Greenwich, 22 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200701RG40319
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A2052 in Greenwich, 10 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200101RG00861
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in Greenwich, 10 May 2024
3 m awayRef 2024010509568
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Chrysler
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)
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 200401RG00068 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Greenwich road accident statistics for 2004.