A2 crash in Greenwich on 31 May 2004 at 21:25 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a car were involved in a crash on the A2 in Greenwich at 21:25 on Monday 31 May 2004. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2004
- Monday, 21:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47261, longitude 0.00948, in the SE3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackheath, Lewisham, SE3 0RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401RG40158
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 2
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 1999.
Serious
Honda CBR900RR crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 11 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199901PL00316
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 13 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601RD00510
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Lewisham, 24 February 2024
3 m awayRef 2024010496561
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 16 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010615883
Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 30 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198601RD00809
Slight
Volvo 960 crash on the A2 in Greenwich, 23 April 1993
10 m awayRef 199301RG00211
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200401RG40158 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.