A207 crash in Greenwich on 19 October 2005 at 08:32 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and a Vauxhall Omega were involved in a crash on the A207 in Greenwich at 08:32 on Wednesday 19 October 2005. The 42-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Omega and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Omega were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Oct 2005
- Wednesday, 08:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and Vauxhall Omega
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47522, longitude 0.03034, in the SE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Greenwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Charlton Hornfair, Greenwich, SE3 8SY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Greenwich
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501RG40678
- Council area
- Greenwich
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 207
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 1994.
Serious
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A207 in Greenwich, 21 October 1994
At the same spotRef 199401RG00582
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A207 in Greenwich, 20 December 2012
At the same spotRef 201201RG40734
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A207 in Greenwich, 5 July 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010RD0459
Slight
Kawasaki ZR750 crash on the A207 in Greenwich, 12 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200201RG00951
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on the A207 in Greenwich, 26 November 2008
At the same spotRef 200801RG40733
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A207 in Greenwich, 3 January 1995
At the same spotRef 199501RG00018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Omega
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Omega)
- 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 200501RG40678 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 2005.